Restricted data processing settings

Select a data processing setting

By default, data processing in AdMob isn't restricted and personalised ads will be shown to users on your app. To restrict data processing and only show non-personalised ads to eligible users in applicable US states, you need to change the US state regulations settings. These settings don't control data that you may be sharing outside of your account, for example through mediation.

This setting will apply to all US states covered by privacy legislation.

To change the data processing settings for your entire account, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your AdMob account at https://apps.admob.com.
2. Click Privacy & Messaging in the sidebar. 
3. Click US state regulations.
4. Click .
5. Select the option that you want to apply to your AdMob account.
   • Don't restrict data processing: Google will show personalised ads to eligible users in the applicable US states.
   • Restrict data processing: Google will only show non-personalised ads from Google demand to eligible users in the applicable US states.
6. Click Save.

If you choose not to restrict data processing across your account, you can restrict processing at an ad request level.

Don’t restrict data processing

If you choose 'Don’t restrict data processing', you can select the advertising partners that are eligible to receive bid requests for users that Google determines are in applicable US states.

Complete the following steps to specify eligible advertising partners.

1. Sign in to your AdMob account at https://apps.admob.com.
2. Click Privacy & Messaging in the sidebar. 
3. Click US state regulations.
4. Click 
5. In the 'Review your ad partners' section, select the list you want to use.
   • Use active ad partners: Use the list of all available advertising partners provided within this feature’s setting. All active advertising partners are eligible for bid requests from users that Google determines are in the applicable US states.
   • Custom ad partner: Customise the list of all available advertising partners to create your own custom list. Only selected advertising partners are eligible for bid requests from users that Google determines are in the applicable US states. Under this option, users in your Ad Manager network are notified when new advertising partners join the platform. New advertising partners are not automatically added to your custom list and can be manually included.
6. Click Save.

Restrict data processing

When a publisher enables restricted data processing, on the publisher’s instruction Google will further limit how it uses data and begin serving non-personalised ads only. Non-personalised ads are not based on a user’s past behaviour. They're targeted using contextual information, including coarse (such as city-level, but not ZIP/postcode) geo-targeting based on current location, and content on the current site or app or current query terms. Google disallows all interest-based audience targeting, including demographic targeting and user list targeting when in restricted data processing mode.

Restricted data processing options:

Publishers must decide for themselves when and how to enable restricted data processing mode, based on their own compliance obligations and legal analysis. Two common scenarios are below.

1. Some publishers may choose not to display a 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information' link on their properties. Such publishers may choose to enable restricted data processing for all of their programmatic traffic for users in applicable US states via a network control. If they select this option, Google will use user IP addresses to determine the location of users and enable restricted data processing mode for any users we can detect having an IP address in applicable US states.
2. Alternatively, other publishers may choose to display a 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information' link. Such publishers may choose to send a restricted data processing signal on a per-request basis once a user has opted out of the sale of their personal information. (See the Android and iOS developer documentation to learn more.)

Finally, partners who have implemented the Global Privacy Control may choose to enable restricted data processing when they receive a GPC opt-out signal.

Restricted data processing for third-party demand

When restricted data processing mode is enabled using either the network control or a restricted data processing signal that is passed via the SDK, the following happens for bidding and mediation for mobile apps:

• Restricted data processing ad requests are sent to third-party RTB bidders. Refer to this article for more detail.
• Mediation is not disabled *

* While restricted data processing does not disable your app sending data to mediation partners, Google’s contractual commitments regarding restricted data processing do not apply to data that you send to third parties. You should ensure that you’ve taken any measures with respect to such third parties as required to meet your compliance needs.