The policy authorizes RunPod and its advertising partners to collect device data, online activity data, and other interaction data via cookies and similar technologies to serve interest-based ads, and discloses that this practice may qualify as a 'sale' or 'sharing' of personal information under CCPA and similar state laws. Users can opt out via the Cookie Notice or by emailing dsar@runpod.io.
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This provision requires RunPod to maintain an operational opt-out mechanism for targeted advertising data sharing under CCPA and applicable state laws, and compliance teams should verify that opt-out requests submitted via Cookie Notice or email result in documented cessation of the relevant data flows to advertising partners.
Under this provision, most personal information categories collected by RunPod, including device identifiers, online activity data, demographic data, and inferred data, may be shared with advertising partners for interest-based advertising purposes, with the policy acknowledging this may constitute a CCPA 'sale' or 'sharing.' Users can submit opt-out requests via the Cookie Notice or by emailing dsar@runpod.io.
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Compare across platforms →"We and our third-party advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your interaction (including the data described in the Tracking technologies section above) with the Service, our communications and other online services over time, and use that information to serve online ads that they think will interest you. This is called interest-based advertising. We may also share information about our users with these companies to facilitate interest-based advertising to those or similar users on other online platforms. While we do not sell personal information for money, like many companies, we use services that help deliver interest-based ads to you as described above. The State Privacy Laws may classify our use of some of these services as 'selling' or 'sharing' your Personal Information with the advertising partners that provide the services.Excerpt from RunPod's Privacy Policy
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This provision requires RunPod to maintain an operational opt-out mechanism for targeted advertising data sharing under CCPA and applicable state laws, and compliance teams should verify that opt-out requests submitted via Cookie Notice or email result in documented cessation of the relevant data flows to advertising partners.
Under this provision, most personal information categories collected by RunPod, including device identifiers, online activity data, demographic data, and inferred data, may be shared with advertising partners for interest-based advertising purposes, with the policy acknowledging this may constitute a CCPA 'sale' or 'sharing.' Users can submit opt-out requests via the Cookie Notice or by emailing dsar@runpod.io.
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