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Account History Used For Targeted Advertising

Medium severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 279 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What may Squarespace use a user's account history to determine?
Squarespace may use a user's account history to determine which advertisements to serve or withhold, including selecting ads based on current subscription plan.
May Squarespace use a user's account history to select advertisements based on current subscription plan?
Squarespace may use a user's account history to determine which advertisements to serve or withhold, including selecting ads based on current subscription plan.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

It establishes that account and subscription data are actively used to shape what advertising users receive, not merely held passively.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your account status and subscription tier influence which Squarespace advertisements are shown to you on external platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Lyft Medium

To grow the Lyft Platform and to share partner opportunities that are relevant to you, we use your personal information, including information we infer about you or receive from marketing parties, to provide Lyft and third party marketing, advertising, and promotions...

Square Medium

we may use this information to make it easier for you to find the people you want to send payments to, for account and identity verification and fraud prevention purposes, to reduce the risk you will send payments to the wrong person, or to provide other personalized services.

Google Cloud Medium

We evaluate Service Data to help us improve the performance and functionality of Cloud Services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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we may decide not to advertise our Services to you on a social media site if you already signed up for paid Services or we may choose to serve you a particular advertisement based on your current subscription plan...

Excerpt from Squarespace's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FCRA
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
GLBA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Squarespace Privacy Policy
Entity
Squarespace
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-052949
Document ID
CA-D-00569
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
4d0fdac989cde08913388cc69bbdc08553f27ce77e8ac17f5ccbfa0a1c46e86e
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 14:38 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Squarespace
Document: Squarespace Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-052949
Captured: 2026-05-08 14:38:54 UTC
SHA-256: 4d0fdac989cde089…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/squarespace/squarespace-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-052949/account-history-used-for-targeted-advertising/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Squarespace's Account History Used For Targeted Advertising clause do?

It establishes that account and subscription data are actively used to shape what advertising users receive, not merely held passively.

How does this clause affect you?

Your account status and subscription tier influence which Squarespace advertisements are shown to you on external platforms.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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