Facts | What does Venmo do with your personal information? |
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Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
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How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Venmo chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Venmo share? | Can you limit this sharing? |
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For our everyday business purposes—such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes—to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | Yes | No |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
Who we are | |
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Who is providing this Privacy Policy? | This privacy notice is provided by Venmo, a service of PayPal, Inc. in connection with its provision of Venmo, and is applicable to your personal Venmo account. |
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How does Venmo protect my personal information? | To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. |
How does Venmo collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you
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Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only
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Definitions | |
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Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
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Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
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Joint Marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
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Other important information |
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We may transfer personal information to other countries, for example, for customer service or to process transactions.California: If your Venmo account has a California mailing address, we will not share personal information we collect about you except to the extent permitted under California law.Vermont: If your Venmo account has a Vermont mailing address, we will not share personal information we collect about you with non-affiliates unless the law allows or you provide authorization. |
In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information from California Residents: | We have collected such personal information from the following categories of sources: | We collected such personal information to use for the following purposes: | In the preceding 12 months, we shared such personal information with the following categories of third parties: |
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a. Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. |
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b. Any categories of personal information described in subdivision (e) of Section 1798.80: “Personal information” means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. “Personal information” does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records. |
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c. Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law. |
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d. Commercial information, including records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. |
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e. Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement. |
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f. Geolocation data. |
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g. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. |
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h. Inferences drawn from any of the information identified in this subdivision to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. |
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