Canva shares your usage and behavioral data with outside advertising companies and social media platforms to serve you targeted ads both on Canva and across the web on other sites.
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The clause establishes a data-sharing framework that enables cross-platform advertising measurement and targeting. This practice is operationally significant because it extends data use beyond Canva's direct service delivery to support its advertising and performance assessment infrastructure.
Your browsing and usage behavior on Canva may be shared with advertising networks and social media platforms, resulting in targeted ads served to you on other websites based on your Canva activity. California residents can opt out of this sharing, and EU and UK users should be offered a consent choice via cookie banner before this sharing occurs.
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"We work with third party companies to help us advertise to you on third party websites and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. These companies may use information about your visits to our website and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. We also share information with social media platforms, advertising networks, and analytics providers.Excerpt from Canva's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Articles 6 and 7 (lawful basis and consent requirements for sharing with advertising third parties), the ePrivacy Directive (cookie and tracking consent), CCPA and CPRA (which define sharing personal …
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The clause establishes a data-sharing framework that enables cross-platform advertising measurement and targeting. This practice is operationally significant because it extends data use beyond Canva's direct service delivery to support its advertising and performance assessment infrastructure.
Your browsing and usage behavior on Canva may be shared with advertising networks and social media platforms, resulting in targeted ads served to you on other websites based on your Canva activity. California residents can opt out of this sharing, and EU and UK users should be offered a consent choice via cookie banner before this sharing occurs.
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