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McDonald's collects advertising identifiers from devices

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 295 of 352 platforms
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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4186 other provisions on other platforms.

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Instacart Medium

if you place a restaurant order, our restaurant partner will collect and process your credit card or other payment information in order to fulfill the order.

GitHub Medium

We may use online analytics products that use cookies to help us analyze how de-identified users use our Services and to enhance your experience... We may also employ third-party Cookies to gather data for interest-based advertising.

Baseten Medium

Category A: Identifiers. Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number... Collected: Yes.

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advertising identifiers (for example, an Identifier for Advertising (IDFA) on Apple devices) or similar identifiers;

Excerpt from McDonald's's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

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-053290
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
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: McDonald's
Document: McDonald's Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-053290
Captured: 2026-07-09 09:29:18 UTC
SHA-256: 482caf5dfacdab6e…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/mcdonalds/mcdonalds-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-053290/mcdonalds-collects-advertising-identifiers-from-devices/
Accessed: Aug. 6, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
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What does McDonald's's McDonald's collects advertising identifiers from devices clause do?

The clause states: “advertising identifiers (for example, an Identifier for Advertising (IDFA) on Apple devices) or similar identifiers;”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 295 platforms. See the full comparison.

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