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title: "Reddit: what refusing costs you"
url: "https://isitsellingme.com/entity/reddit/"
grade: "C"
category: "Social"
last_checked: "2026-09-21"
---

# Reddit

**Grade C.** What refusing costs you: A setting, depth unverified.

Social · UK

## The clause

> You may opt out of us using information we collect from third parties, including advertising partners, to personalize the ads you see on and off Reddit.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/reddit/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

## How this grade was reached

- Base grade B, from what refusing costs you.
- −1: Recipients are sold to, or described only by category rather than named.
- Final grade C.

## The three axes

### What refusing costs you

Finding: A setting, depth unverified.

> You may opt out of us using information we collect from third parties, including advertising partners, to personalize the ads you see on and off Reddit.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/reddit/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Who receives you

Finding: Categories only.
Categories: Advertising partners, Analytics providers, Service providers.

> We don’t sell your personal data to third parties, including data brokers.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/reddit/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 6 points about what the refusal covers.
- Not stated: Whether it applies to data already collected
- Not stated: Whether it covers in-store purchases
- Not stated: Whether it covers data bought about you
- Not stated: Whether it covers profiles inferred about you
- Not stated: Whether it binds a device or your account
- Not stated: Whether it expires

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Page: https://isitsellingme.com/entity/reddit/
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Last checked: 21 September 2026