Provision record
Glassdoor · Glassdoor Privacy Policy · View original document ↗

Advertising Use of Personal Data

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 278 of 352 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What may Glassdoor use personal data collected from users, its affiliates, and third parties to do?
“We may use your personal data to enable our advertising, advertising for our customers (including job and display ads), and sponsored Content. We may use personal data we collect from you, our affiliates, and third parties to personalize ads...”
Version CA-V-005422, captured Aug. 1, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
Glassdoor may use personal data collected from users, its affiliates, and third parties to personalize ads.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Personal data drawn from multiple sources — including third parties outside Glassdoor — may be combined to target advertising at users, broadening the scope of data use beyond what users directly provide.

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Interpretive note: The excerpt establishes several independent advertising-related uses of personal data. The canonical claim captures the personalization of ads specifically; the other advertising enablement purposes are listed in omitted_material.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Apr 23, 2026

The updated policy grants EU, UK, and Swiss residents explicit rights to request access to their personal data held by Glassdoor in the United States, and to correct, amend, or delete that data. Glassdoor commits to responding to deletion requests within a reasonable timeframe and to obtaining explicit consent before sharing sensitive data with third parties or using data for purposes beyond the original collection. You can exercise these rights by following the instructions in the 'Controlling Your Personal Data' section of the policy.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

A reader's personal data, combined with data from Glassdoor's affiliates and third parties, may be used to personalize the ads they see.

How other platforms handle this

Uber Medium

Personalizing marketing content, communications and ads relating to Uber products and services, and those offered by other companies.

Stripe Medium

Subject to applicable law, including any consent requirements, we may advertise through interest-based advertising and track the efficacy of such ads.

TaskRabbit Medium

To enforce the relevant Terms of Service.

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We may use your personal data to enable our advertising, advertising for our customers (including job and display ads), and sponsored Content. We may use personal data we collect from you, our affiliates, and third parties to personalize ads...

Excerpt from Glassdoor's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Glassdoor Privacy Policy
Entity
Glassdoor
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 19, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-005422, captured Aug. 1, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-026353
Document ID
CA-D-000156
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-005422)
4e7f8c822b4bc4df7dc8433e7f9ef238399bffd197e325eb133e1319ffd7c20b
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 15:12 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found verbatim in version CA-V-005422 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Glassdoor
Document: Glassdoor Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-026353
Version: CA-V-005422
Captured: 2026-08-01 00:29:39 UTC
SHA-256: 4e7f8c822b4bc4df…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/glassdoor/glassdoor-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-026353/advertising-use-of-personal-data/
Accessed: Oct. 11, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
Categories

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Glassdoor's Advertising Use of Personal Data clause do?

Personal data drawn from multiple sources — including third parties outside Glassdoor — may be combined to target advertising at users, broadening the scope of data use beyond what users directly provide.

How does this clause affect you?

A reader's personal data, combined with data from Glassdoor's affiliates and third parties, may be used to personalize the ads they see.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 278 platforms. See the full comparison.

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