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

# TikTok (US)

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

Social · US

## The clause

> If you have a TikTok account, you can navigate to "Ads" in your in-app settings to manage how your activity elsewhere online is used to serve you ads on our websites and apps.

Source: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/us/privacy-policy/en, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/tiktok-us/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.
The way to refuse: The "Ads" section of in-app settings; a webform for people without an account

> If you have a TikTok account, you can navigate to "Ads" in your in-app settings to manage how your activity elsewhere online is used to serve you ads on our websites and apps.

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

### Who receives you

Finding: Categories only.
Categories: Advertising, marketing and analytics partners, Service providers and business partners, Sellers and payment processors, TT Commerce & Global Services and affiliates, Independent researchers.

> We are committed to maintaining your trust, and while we do not sell your personal information or share your personal information with third parties for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising where restricted by applicable law, we want you to understand when and with whom we may share the Information We Collect for the purposes described below.

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

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 5 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 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/tiktok-us/
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Last checked: 21 September 2026