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Profiling used to personalize products and services

High severity Medium confidence Explicit document language Common · 217 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What does McDonald's use profiling technology to do?
McDonald's uses profiling technology to personalize and improve its products, services, and your overall customer experience, and this will not include automated individual decisions that have legal effects for you unless McDonald's notifies you separately.
Will profiling include automated individual decisions that have legal effects for you unless McDonald's notifies you separately?
McDonald's uses profiling technology to personalize and improve its products, services, and your overall customer experience, and this will not include automated individual decisions that have legal effects for you unless McDonald's notifies you separately.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Users are protected from legally significant automated decisions being made without separate notice, while profiling for personalization may occur without that safeguard.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated with an ellipsis after 'legal effects for you', so additional conditions or qualifications may follow that are not visible. Confidence is medium due to the incomplete excerpt.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 921 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

McDonald's may profile you to personalize your experience, but automated individual decisions that have legal effects for you will not occur unless McDonald's separately notifies you.

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Mailchimp Medium

This includes the use of automated, dynamic vetting and scoring analysis tools to identify and take action, as well as human review to supplement our automated abuse prevention.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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to personalize and improve our products and services and your overall customer experience...employing profiling technology (unless we notify you separately thereof, this will not include automated individual decisions that have legal effects for you...

Excerpt from McDonald's's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

GDPR
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
McDonald's Privacy Policy
Entity
McDonald's
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-053300
Document ID
CA-D-00627
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
482caf5dfacdab6e9adc5e0136860aef5e3fc638952402bc29047d99f8bea94b
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 09:29 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: McDonald's
Document: McDonald's Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-053300
Captured: 2026-07-09 09:29:18 UTC
SHA-256: 482caf5dfacdab6e…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/mcdonalds/mcdonalds-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-053300/profiling-used-to-personalize-products-and-services/
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 McDonald's's Profiling used to personalize products and services clause do?

Users are protected from legally significant automated decisions being made without separate notice, while profiling for personalization may occur without that safeguard.

How does this clause affect you?

McDonald's may profile you to personalize your experience, but automated individual decisions that have legal effects for you will not occur unless McDonald's separately notifies you.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 217 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with McDonald's?

No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by McDonald's.