Acorns updated its privacy policy on April 30, 2026 to disclose how it handles third-party sign-in services like Apple and Google, and clarified its use of AI chatbots for financial literacy. The policy now states that when you sign in through these services, Acorns may receive your name and email address to create or manage your account, and that your use of those sign-in services is governed by their own terms. The chatbot language was also softened from a specific tool designed to access curated content to a more general AI feature you can access.
Acorns now explicitly discloses that when you use Apple, Google, or other third-party sign-in services, the company receives your name and email address to create and manage your account. The policy clarifies that how your data is handled by those sign-in services is governed by their own terms and privacy practices, not Acorns' alone. The policy also shifted language about its AI chatbot from describing a specific tool designed to access curated financial content to a more general statement that you can access an AI feature and are not communicating with a human.
→ Review the updated privacy policy to understand which third-party sign-in services Acorns offers and the data each collects.
→ Check the privacy policies of Apple, Google, or other sign-in providers you use with Acorns to understand how they handle the data Acorns shares with them.
Policy now discloses that third-party sign-in services (Apple, Google) share name and email with Acorns, and states that data shared is controlled by the third-party provider.
Language shifted from specific tool designed to access curated content to general AI chatbot feature; specific functional description was removed.
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This change adds transparency disclosures regarding third-party authentication integration and clarifies the delineation of data controller responsibility between Acorns and third-party sign-in providers. The added language states that data shared through these services is controlled …
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