; or (ii) a ZIP Code. (17) State The term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the United States. (18) Target (A) In general The term target means, with respect to the dissemination of an advertisement, to perform or cause to be performed any computational process designed to select an individual, connected device, or group of individuals or connected devices to which to disseminate the advertisement based on personal information pertaining to the individual or connected device or to the individuals or connected devices that make up the group. (B) Exclusions The term target does not include, with respect to the dissemination of an advertisement, the performance or causing the performance of any computational process undertaken solely for transmitting, routing, providing intermediate storage for, or providing connections for the advertisement through a system or network. (19) Third party The term third party includes, with respect to an advertiser or an advertising facilitator, a subsidiary, a corporate affiliate, or other related party of the advertiser or advertising facilitator.