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Loyalty Program Data Collection (Target Circle)

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What it is

When you participate in Target Circle, Target collects detailed data about your purchases, preferences, and interactions to personalize offers and build a behavioral profile.

Why it matters

Loyalty program participation dramatically expands the data Target can link to your identity, including every purchase you make in-store and online, which is then used for marketing and can be shared with partners.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

Loyalty program data creates a rich longitudinal behavioral profile that may implicate multiple data categories under CCPA/CPRA including commercial information, inferences, and identifiers; organizations should assess whether loyalty data flows are adequately disclosed in privacy notices and whether data retention limits are enforced.

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Consumer impact

Target collects a wide range of personal data including your precise location, purchase history, browsing behavior, and inferences about your preferences, which it uses for targeted advertising and shares with third-party partners. This means your shopping behavior may be used to build a detailed profile that influences the ads you see across the internet. You can opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information by visiting Target's privacy preference center at https://www.target.com/c/target-privacy-policy/-/N-4sr7p.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    Within 45 days
    Log into your Target account and review your Target Circle privacy and communication settings to manage data collection preferences. To request deletion of loyalty program data, submit a data deletion request through Target's privacy request portal.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority over deceptive practices in loyalty programs including inadequate disclosure of data collection and use practices associated with program participation.
    File a complaint →

Provision details

Document information
Document
Target Privacy Policy
Entity
Target
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 20, 2026
Last verified
March 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-00260005
Document ID
CA-D-00260
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How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Target | Document: Target Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-00260005
Captured: 2026-03-20 11:26:23 UTC | SHA-256: bdcbe25435345ddd…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/target/target-privacy-policy/loyalty-program-data-collection-target-circle/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
Classification
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