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User data used for personalized advertising

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 279 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What information does Canva use to serve, personalize, and measure the effectiveness of advertising?
Canva uses information about users — including cookies and automatically collected data gathered by Canva and third-party partners — to serve, personalize, and measure the effectiveness of advertising on the Service and on third-party sites and platforms.
Where does Canva serve, personalize, and measure the effectiveness of advertising?
Canva uses information about users — including cookies and automatically collected data gathered by Canva and third-party partners — to serve, personalize, and measure the effectiveness of advertising on the Service and on third-party sites and platforms.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

User data is actively used for targeted advertising that extends beyond Canva's own platform to third-party sites and platforms, and third-party partners are involved in both the data collection and its advertising use.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your usage data and cookies, collected automatically by Canva and its third-party partners, are used to target and measure advertising directed at you on Canva and on other sites and platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Square Medium

we may use this information to make it easier for you to find the people you want to send payments to, for account and identity verification and fraud prevention purposes, to reduce the risk you will send payments to the wrong person, or to provide other personalized services.

Lyft Medium

We may infer certain information from your interactions with the Lyft Platform and other personal information available to us. For example, if you frequently ride to or from airports, we may infer you are a frequent traveler.

Google Cloud Medium

We evaluate Service Data to help us improve the performance and functionality of Cloud Services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We use information about you, including cookies information and other information we (and our third-party partners) collect from you automatically about your use of the Service, to serve, personalize and measure the effectiveness of advertising on the Service and third-party sites and platforms.

Excerpt from Canva's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Canva Privacy Policy
Entity
Canva
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-068636
Document ID
CA-D-00204
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
4608d013413fe0c49d9bac06799391e6496715c70027aec74677d661cbd6c89b
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 23:11 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Canva
Document: Canva Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-068636
Captured: 2026-05-11 23:11:39 UTC
SHA-256: 4608d013413fe0c4…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/canva/canva-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-068636/user-data-used-for-personalized-advertising/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Canva's User data used for personalized advertising clause do?

User data is actively used for targeted advertising that extends beyond Canva's own platform to third-party sites and platforms, and third-party partners are involved in both the data collection and its advertising use.

How does this clause affect you?

Your usage data and cookies, collected automatically by Canva and its third-party partners, are used to target and measure advertising directed at you on Canva and on other sites and platforms.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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