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

# TikTok

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

Social · EEA

## The clause

> You can withdraw your consent for applicable personalised ads related settings by following these instructions.

Source: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/en, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/tiktok/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 can withdraw your consent for applicable personalised ads related settings by following these instructions.

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

### Who receives you

Finding: Categories only.
Categories: Service providers, Advertisers, Measurement and other partners.

> We don’t share information with advertisers that can be used to contact you (such as your name or email address) unless you give us your permission.

Source: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/en, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/tiktok/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/tiktok/
How grades work: https://isitsellingme.com/methodology/
Last checked: 21 September 2026