Grade A- — Mostly protective (score 85/100)
HuffPost shares personal data with advertising partners for targeted ads, but provides clear mechanisms for users to exercise privacy rights and opt out of data sharing.
Shares data for advertising. Provides clear rights and opt-out mechanisms.
You have the right to opt-out of the “sale” of your personal data, or the “sharing” of your personal data for interest-based or other targeted advertising on third party websites.
The company shares your data with third parties for advertising purposes, but allows you to opt out.
We may be legally required to disclose or share your personal data without your consent in some circumstances, for example to comply with a court order or law enforcement.
The company will share your data with government authorities if they believe it is legally required.
When we make significant changes, will notify you through the Services, such as on our homepage, or via email or other communication.
The company commits to notifying users of significant changes to the privacy policy.
You have the right to request that we delete certain personal data we have about you.
Users have the right to request the deletion of their personal data.
Where the data is data that you have given to us, you have the right to receive your copy of it in a common electronic format, and to provide copies of it to other people if you wish.
Users have the right to data portability for information they provided.
Last reviewed 2026-08-20 under rubric v3.5.