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McDonald's updated its privacy policy on July 2, 2026, expanding its country-specific privacy addenda to include Australia and New Zealand. The company also added language clarifying that it shares personal information with advertisers that place ads through its advertising services, in addition to social media and analytics providers. The policy updated its California privacy request metrics to cover January-December 2025 instead of 2024, showing increased request volume across all categories.
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0Privacy McDonald’s Global Customer Privacy Statement Last updated: July 1, 2025 I.0Privacy McDonald’s Global Customer Privacy Statement Last updated: July 1, 2026 I.
5As such, this Privacy Statement is comprised of two sections—a globally applicable notice and country-specific addenda for the following countries: Austria Portugal United States Belgium Ireland Slovakia Czech Republic Italy Spain France Netherlands Switzerland Germany Poland United Kingdom II.5As such, this Privacy Statement is comprised of two sections—a globally applicable notice and country-specific addenda for the following countries: Austria Portugal United States Belgium Ireland Slovakia Czech Republic Italy Spain France Netherlands Switzerland Germany Poland United Kingdom Australia New Zealand II.
38How We Share Your Information We may share all or substantially all categories of your personal information with: members of The McDonald's Family; vendors who help us operate our business (including information technology service providers and marketing agencies that we use as well as those who use the information to detect or prevent fraud for us, and who may use the information to provide fraud detection and prevention services to others); public authorities and courts; buyers or other parties involved in a corporate transaction if we decide to sell or transfer all or part of our business; our professional advisers such as our legal representatives, auditors and insurance brokers; and business partners if they are involved in your customer experience, including product or service delivery (e.g., food delivery platforms).38How We Share Your Information We may share all or substantially all categories of your personal information with: members of The McDonald's Family vendors who help us operate our business (including information technology service providers and marketing agencies that we use as well as those who use the information to detect or prevent fraud for us, and who may use the information to provide fraud detection and prevention services to others.); public authorities and courts; buyers or other parties involved in a corporate transaction if we decide to sell or transfer all or part of our business; our professional advisers such as our legal representatives, auditors and insurance brokers; and business partners if they are involved in your customer experience, including product or service delivery (e.g., food delivery platforms).
180Back to Top Back to Privacy Overview United States Last updated: July 1, 2025 McDonald’s USA, LLC is committed to protecting the information of our customers.180Back to Top Back to Privacy Overview United States Last updated: July 1, 2026 McDonald’s USA, LLC is committed to protecting the information of our customers.
218Targeted Advertising Like many companies, McDonald’s processes personal information for targeted advertising, including by disclosing certain identifiers such as email addresses and pseudonymized identifiers, information about the use of our online services, and inferences drawn about online services users to our business partners such as social media, advertising, and analytics providers.218Targeted Advertising Like many companies, McDonald’s processes personal information for targeted advertising, including by disclosing certain identifiers such as email addresses and pseudonymized identifiers, information about the use of our online services, and inferences drawn about online services users to our business partners such as social media, advertising, and analytics providers, and advertisers that place ads through our advertising services.
223Privacy Rights Under applicable law, you may have the following rights, in each case under the conditions and to the extent set out in applicable law: Right Access: A right to confirm whether McDonald’s is processing personal information about you, and to request to access such personal information (including, if applicable, in a portable and readily usable format).223Privacy Rights Under applicable law, you may have the following rights, in each case under the conditions and to the extent set out in applicable law: Right of Access: A right to confirm whether McDonald’s is processing personal information about you, and to request to access such personal information (including, if applicable, in a portable and readily usable format).
241As is common practice among businesses that operate Internet websites and mobile apps, within the past 12 months, we have disclosed certain identifiers such as email addresses and pseudonymized identifiers, information about the use of our online services, and inferences drawn about online service users to our business partners such as social media, advertising, and analytics providers.241As is common practice among businesses that operate Internet websites and mobile apps, within the past 12 months, we have disclosed certain identifiers such as email addresses and pseudonymized identifiers, information about the use of our online services, and inferences drawn about online service users to our business partners such as social media, advertising, and analytics providers, and advertisers that place ads through our advertising services.
299Metrics Regarding Privacy Requests The following metrics relate to our handling of California rights requests in the period from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024.299Metrics Regarding Privacy Requests The following metrics relate to our handling of California rights requests in the period from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025.
300Right to Know/Access Requests Received: 191 Requests Granted: 148 Requests Denied* : 43 Median Number of Days to Complete: 6 Right to Delete Requests Received: 467 Requests Granted: 383 Requests Denied*: 84 Median Number of Days to Complete: 8 Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing Requests Received: 3468 Requests Granted: 3468 Requests Denied*: 0 Median Number of Days to Complete: 0 Update Data Requests Received: 342 Requests Granted: 250 Requests Denied*: 92 Median Number of Days to Complete: 0 Note on Metrics There were no instances of partial completion by McDonald’s. *Requests may be denied in compliance with applicable law such as due to inability to verify the identity of the requestor.300Right to Know/Access Requests Received: 207 Requests Granted: 152 Requests Denied*: 55 Median Number of Days to Complete: 4 Right to Delete Requests Received: 1855 Requests Granted: 712 Requests Denied*: 1143 Median Number of Days to Complete: 1 Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing Requests Received: 11799 Requests Granted: 11799 Requests Denied*: 0 Median Number of Days to Complete: 0 Update Data Requests Received: 612 Requests Granted: 404 Requests Denied*: 208 Median Number of Days to Complete: 0 Note on Metrics There were no instances of partial completion by McDonald’s. *Requests may be denied in compliance with applicable law such as due to inability to verify the identity of the requestor.
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