Nextdoor tracks your activity on the platform, including what you read, who you interact with, and how you navigate, and uses this data to build a behavioral profile for personalized ads and content.
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Your neighborhood conversations, neighbor connections, and browsing behavior within Nextdoor are tracked and used for profiling, meaning your community activity generates advertising data.
The updated footer no longer includes a direct link to the 'Do not Sell or Share My Personal Data' page. Previously, this link provided quick access to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) opt-out controls from the footer menu. Users can likely still access these controls through the main Privacy Policy page or dedicated privacy settings, but the removal eliminates a prominent, footer-based navigation shortcut. You should verify whether this opt-out functionality remains accessible through other menu locations or settings.
View change record →Removal of explicit behavioral profiling disclosure reduces transparency about how Nextdoor tracks and uses user interaction data for personalization and advertising.
View full change record →The content you view, the neighbors you interact with, and your search and navigation patterns are collected and used to build a behavioral profile that powers personalized advertising and content recommendations, turning community activity into ad-targeting data.
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"We collect information about how you use our Services, such as the content you view, the posts you interact with, the neighbors you connect with, and how you search for and navigate through our Services. We use this information to understand how our Services are used, to improve them, and to show you personalized content and advertising.Excerpt from Nextdoor's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Behavioral profiling for advertising purposes requires a lawful basis under GDPR and may require consent under ePrivacy regulations in the EU.
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Your neighborhood conversations, neighbor connections, and browsing behavior within Nextdoor are tracked and used for profiling, meaning your community activity generates advertising data.
The content you view, the neighbors you interact with, and your search and navigation patterns are collected and used to build a behavioral profile that powers personalized advertising and content recommendations, turning community activity into ad-targeting data.
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