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Profiling used to personalize products and services

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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.

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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Tinder may itself use or offer to You certain software-enabled technology utilizing artificial intelligence or machine learning systems ("AI Technology") as part of the Services.

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We use your personal information to improve and enhance our Services, including through the use of various technologies (e.g., business intelligence tools, machine learning systems, and artificial intelligence), personalize content and features to your interests and goals...

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 McDonald'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
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
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: July 12, 2026
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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 215 platforms. See the full comparison.

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