Disqus
Doing business as: Disqus
Disqus is a data broker registered with the California Privacy Protection Agency. Collects: Sexual orientation, Gender identity and expression, Precise geolocation, and more.
About Disqus
Website comment hosting service.
- Founded
- October 30, 2007
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
Entity data from Wikidata (CC0/CC-BY-SA).
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Registry contact
- Primary website
- https://Disqus.com
- Privacy contact
- privacy@disqus.com
- Phone
- 2129675055
- CCPA rights portal
- https://www.Disqus.com
- Registered address
- 3 Park Ave., New York, New York, 10016
What Disqus knows about you, and why removal matters
Disqus discloses that it handles precise geolocation: the data point California classifies as sensitive personal information. Location trails are among the most revealing categories a broker can hold: a stream of coordinates can expose where you live, where you work, the clinic or place of worship you visit, and the daily pattern of your movements. Because Disqus listed this category in its California Privacy Protection Agency registration, you can specifically invoke your right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information under Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.121 in addition to a full deletion request.
According to its own 2024 registry filing, Disqus collects sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, precise geolocation, and names, birth dates, emails, phone numbers, ad IDs. 3 of these categories are classed as sensitive personal information under California law, which strengthens your case for both deletion and a limit on further sale or sharing.
Disqus's 2024 disclosure reports 1,475 deletion requests, of which it complied with 634 (43%) and denied 841 (57%). Its median response time was a relatively quick 1 day, well inside the 45-day legal deadline. The relatively high denial rate means it pays to send a precisely worded, statute-citing request rather than an informal one: denials often hinge on a request that failed identity verification or omitted the legal basis.
The fastest route is Disqus's dedicated privacy-request portal, where you can submit a deletion request directly. If the form is slow, broken, or asks for more identification than you are comfortable providing, you can fall back to a written request to privacy@disqus.com citing your CCPA deletion right. OfflistMe can pre-fill that email for you so the legal citation and required details are already in place: you review it and send it from your own inbox.
Disqus's own registry note
Since 2024 we have expanded the request types to include limitation of sensitive data use. We direct people seeking more information to our privacy policy. Also note that during 2024 we received a large number of apparently bogus requests, resulting in a significant proportion of "denied" requests. These were not formally denied, but they were not completed due to email verifications not being completed. We are able to see that a large number of these requests pertained to non-existent email addresses.
Verbatim from Disqus's California Data Broker Registry disclosure.
Sensitive data categories collected
Per Disqus's 2024 registry disclosure, they collect:
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity and expression
- Precise geolocation
- Names, birth dates, emails, phone numbers, ad IDs
2024 deletion-request statistics
Total delete requests
1,475
Complied in full
634
Denied
841
Median response (days)
1
Opt-out of sale requests
7,166
Source: California Data Broker Registry 2026 disclosure. CCPA requires response within 45 days.
How to opt out
- 1
Visit Disqus’s CCPA rights portal and submit a deletion request.
- 2
Cite Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.105 (right to delete) and § 1798.120 (right to opt out of sale or sharing).
- 3
Include sufficient information to verify your identity (email on file, address, etc.), do not send a scan of your government ID unless specifically required.
- 4
Track the response window: 45 days under CCPA, extendable once to 90 with written notice.
- 5
If ignored, file a complaint with the California Privacy Protection Agency at cppa.ca.gov/consumers/complaint.html.
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Is Disqus a legitimate data broker?+
Disqus is a registered data broker with the California Privacy Protection Agency, required to register annually under California’s data broker law. Registration confirms the entity exists and is subject to CCPA/CPRA obligations, including the 45-day response deadline for deletion requests.
What data does Disqus collect?+
Per Disqus’s own registry disclosure, they collect: Sexual orientation; Gender identity and expression; Precise geolocation; Names, birth dates, emails, phone numbers, ad IDs.
How do I remove my data from Disqus?+
Visit https://www.Disqus.com to submit a CCPA deletion request. Or use OfflistMe to generate a pre-filled deletion email that you send from your own inbox.
How long does Disqus take to respond?+
In 2024, Disqus reported processing 1,475 deletion requests with a median response of 1 days. CCPA requires response within 45 days.
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