Shareaholic

Overview

Shareaholic is a social sharing and content discovery platform that provides share buttons, related content recommendations, and audience analytics for publishers. It also operates a monetization network that converts links into tracked affiliate links.

What This Script Does

The Shareaholic script injects social sharing buttons on content pages, enabling visitors to share articles to social networks. It loads related content recommendation widgets that suggest other pages on the site or across the Shareaholic network. The script tracks which content is shared, clicked, and engaged with to provide publishers with analytics. On monetization-enabled sites, outbound links may be converted to tracked affiliate links. Cookies are set to maintain visitor identifiers for analytics and content personalization.

Consent & Compliance

Consent category: Functional / Marketing (depends on configuration)

Social sharing buttons serve a functional purpose for visitor interaction. However, the analytics tracking, content recommendation algorithms, and affiliate link monetization involve personal data processing for commercial purposes. Under GDPR, the monetization and analytics components require consent. Under CCPA, affiliate link tracking and behavioral analytics may constitute sharing personal information. The ePrivacy Directive requires consent for non-essential cookies used for analytics and monetization.

Should You Block This Without Consent?

Conditional. Basic social sharing buttons can be considered functional. However, the analytics tracking, content recommendations, and affiliate link monetization features should be blocked until appropriate consent is granted. If you cannot separate these features, block the entire script until marketing consent is obtained.