COMPANY PROFILE
Integral Ad Science
Headquarters: New York, United States · Founded: 2009
What it does and how it makes money
Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a US ad verification and measurement company: it checks that digital ads are seen by real people in suitable environments, for advertisers and publishers. It was founded in 2009 as AdSafe Media and has been owned by the fund Novacap since December 2025.
It charges advertisers and publishers a fee per thousand ads it analyses, largely through ad-buying platforms (DSPs). [1]
What data it collects about you
Its website privacy policy says it collects visitors' IP address, device identifier, browser, operating system, log data and cookies; data its measurement technology collects when analysing ads is covered by a separate policy we could not review. [2]
Money
Fines and sanctions
We found no published fines or sanctions when we checked it on October 12, 2026.
Data breaches and hacks
We found no published data breaches when we checked it on October 12, 2026.
Ask it to delete your data
This is the page the company itself gives to ask it to delete your data or stop selling it: Open its page [2]
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Sources
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842718/000184271825000023/ias-20241231.htm
- https://integralads.com/privacy-policy/
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842718/000184271825000022/q424earningsrelease.htm
What this profile does NOT say
- It does not say this company does anything illegal. The only thing it states about anyone’s legality is what a regulator or a court has already decided, with the date and the link to the source.
- It does not say what data of yours it holds: only the company knows, which is why you have the right to ask it.
- If you are this company and a fact is wrong, write to hola@guardianagroup.com and it will be corrected, with its date.
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