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Targeted Advertising and Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising

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What it is

Target uses your shopping and browsing data to show you personalized ads both on its own platforms and across other websites and apps through advertising partners.

Why it matters

Your online behavior across Target and other sites is being tracked and used to create an advertising profile, which is shared with ad networks that may follow you around the internet.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

Cross-context behavioral advertising constitutes 'sharing' under CCPA/CPRA even absent monetary consideration, triggering opt-out obligations; compliance teams should verify that consent and opt-out signals including Global Privacy Control (GPC) are being honored in Target's ad tech stack.

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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.
  • Opt Out of Arbitration
    Go to Target's privacy policy page and use the 'Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information' option to opt out of cross-context behavioral advertising. You may also enable the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser as an automated opt-out.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC oversees deceptive and unfair data practices related to behavioral advertising and third-party data sharing under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
    File a complaint →

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Document information
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Target Privacy Policy
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Target
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
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March 20, 2026
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March 20, 2026
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CA-P-00260004
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CA-D-00260
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ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Target | Document: Target Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-00260004
Captured: 2026-03-20 11:26:23 UTC | SHA-256: bdcbe25435345ddd…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/target/target-privacy-policy/targeted-advertising-and-cross-context-behavioral-advertising/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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