---
title: "Snap (US): what refusing costs you"
url: "https://isitsellingme.com/entity/snap-us/"
grade: "B"
category: "Social"
last_checked: "2026-09-21"
---

# Snap (US)

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

Social · US

## The clause

> Right to opt-out of targeted advertising. You can do this on Snapchat by adjusting your in-app advertising preferences to turn off activity-based ads as described here.

Source: https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/us-state-privacy-notice, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/snap-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

## How this grade was reached

- Base grade B, from what refusing costs you.
- Final grade B.

## The three axes

### What refusing costs you

Finding: A setting, depth unverified.
The way to refuse: In-app advertising preferences, turning off activity-based ads; Global Privacy Control for tracking cookies on a browser or device basis

> Right to opt-out of targeted advertising. You can do this on Snapchat by adjusting your in-app advertising preferences to turn off activity-based ads as described here.

Source: https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/us-state-privacy-notice, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/snap-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Who receives you

Finding: Their own surfaces.
Categories: Service providers acting on Snap's behalf, Affiliates, Data hosting and storage providers.

> We don't sell your data and we don't share your data with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising. To keep the lights on at Snap HQ, we do show ads. In the event any personal information is disclosed in order to show those ads, it would only be disclosed to our service provider(s) acting on our behalf.

Source: https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/us-state-privacy-notice, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/snap-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 4 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 binds a device or your account
- Not stated: Whether it expires

> Note that your rights extend to all personal information Snap processes about you, including, to the extent required by law, personal information that we have obtained from another source and data that we may have derived from your activity.

Source: https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/us-state-privacy-notice, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/snap-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

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Page: https://isitsellingme.com/entity/snap-us/
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Last checked: 21 September 2026