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So this is only passing the SAT score that a person uses in their searches? Not what they actually scored on their test?
Like if I search for colleges that take 1550 score that will get passed to Facebook, not my real score?
So they don’t associate your official score to your browser, but presumably students who are using that search tool would be searching their real score - or a range close to it.
The headline is fairly leading, but the statement from the College Board is also fairly misleading. They’re not directly selling your official score to advertisers, but they’re indirectly selling data about you that gives a pretty good idea of your score.
Thank you for the clarification.