88 Total
23 High severity
56 Medium severity
9 Low severity

Key Facts

What do Acorns' AI systems process?
Acorns' AI systems process data collected from users, including interaction data, for purposes that include enabling features such as chatbots.
What purposes do Acorns' AI systems process data for?
Acorns' AI systems process data collected from users, including interaction data, for purposes that include enabling features such as chatbots.
What does Acorns reserve the right to do?
Acorns reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policy at any time.
What does Acorns share user data for?
Acorns shares user data for everyday business purposes, including processing transactions, maintaining accounts, responding to court orders and legal investigations, and reporting to credit bureaus.
Does Acorns share user data for processing transactions?
Acorns shares user data for everyday business purposes, including processing transactions, maintaining accounts, responding to court orders and legal investigations, and reporting to credit bureaus.
When may Acorns retain certain personal information associated with a user's account after account closure?
Acorns may retain certain personal information associated with a user's account after account closure where required or permitted by applicable law, in accordance with its data retention policies.
What does Acorns treat a user's continued use of its services as?
Acorns treats a user's continued use of its services as consent to the potential recording and use of session replay technology.
What may third-party advertising companies that Acorns engages use to collect information?
Acorns may engage third-party advertising companies that use cookies and other technologies to collect information about user interactions over time across the service, its communications, and other online services, and use that information to serve online ads.
What do third-party advertising companies use that information for?
Acorns may engage third-party advertising companies that use cookies and other technologies to collect information about user interactions over time across the service, its communications, and other online services, and use that information to serve online ads.
Do Acorns' services involve automated decision-making processes?
Acorns' services do not involve automated decision-making processes, including profiling, that would affect users personally.
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Summary

Acorns' Privacy Policy explains what data Acorns collects about you, how it uses that data, and who it shares it with. Key things to know: your continued use of the service counts as consent to potential session-replay recording of your clicks, scrolling, and navigation; Acorns shares your data with third parties including Plaid and affiliated companies, and continues sharing even after you close your account; Acorns can change this policy at any time. On the positive side, Acorns commits that it will not use your data to train AI models and does not use automated decision-making that would personally affect you.

Analysis

This Privacy Policy establishes Acorns' data collection, use, sharing, and retention practices for users of its financial services platform. Acorns collects and processes user interaction data, including through session replay technology — to which continued use constitutes consent — and AI systems for purposes including chatbot functionality, while expressly committing that user data will not be used to train AI models and that automated decision-making affecting users personally does not occur. Acorns shares user data broadly for everyday business purposes — including transactions, legal compliance, and credit bureau reporting — as well as with affiliates for marketing and with Plaid for financial data transmission pursuant to authority users grant by using the service; data sharing continues after account closure or termination of the customer relationship. Acorns may retain personal information after account closure where required or permitted by applicable law, may engage third-party advertisers that track users across services over time, and reserves the right to modify this policy at any time.

What this means for you

As an Acorns user, your interaction data — including pages visited, clicks, scrolling, and mouse movements — may be recorded through session replay technology, and your continued use of the service is treated as consent to that recording. Your financial institution data is transmitted to and processed by Plaid when you use the service, and data sharing with third parties and affiliates continues even after you close your account, with Acorns retaining the right to keep certain personal information post-closure as permitted or required by law. Third-party advertising companies engaged by Acorns may track your interactions across services over time to serve you ads. Acorns commits that it will not use your data to train AI models and does not subject you to automated decisions that carry personal consequences. Because Acorns may modify this policy at any time, users can check the current policy to understand the data practices in effect at any given time.

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12 versions captured · Last updated: August 2026

What changed The diff provided shows only truncated navigation and promotional disclosure headers from Acorns' Privacy Policy, with no substantive policy language visible in either the before or after versions. The provided excerpt does not contain enough detail to identify what privacy policy language was modified. Without access to the complete policy text or specific sentence-level changes, the nature and operational impact of the detected modification cannot be determined from this diff.
Why this matters A modification to Acorns' Privacy Policy was detected on August 8, 2026. The specific substantive changes are not visible in the provided diff excerpt, which contains only truncated navigation and promotional disclosure headers. Without access to the complete modified text, the operational implications for consumers cannot be determined.
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What changed Acorns revised its Acorns Checking account deposit insurance and ATM fee disclosures. The updated terms now specify that balances held with Lincoln Savings Bank or nbkc bank (including Acorns Checking accounts) are FDIC-insured up to $250,000 per depositor, clarify that these banks use a deposit network service to place funds at other FDIC-insured institutions, and note that jointly-owned funds receive separate $250,000 coverage per account owner. Previously, the policy stated that Acorns Checking itself was not FDIC-insured. The updated terms also specify ATM access at over 55,000 fee-free AllPoint Network locations and moved fee disclosure language to a separate location.
Why this matters The updated terms provide clearer disclosure of how Acorns Checking account balances are protected. The terms now explicitly state that balances held with Lincoln Savings Bank or nbkc bank (including those in Acorns Checking accounts) are FDIC-insured up to $250,000 per depositor, with separate coverage for jointly-owned accounts. The revised language also explains that these banks use a deposit network service, which means funds may be placed at other FDIC-insured institutions. Previously, the policy stated that Acorns Checking itself was not FDIC-insured, creating potential confusion; the updated language clarifies the actual insurance structure.
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August 4, 2026 low

The change summary indicates that one sentence was modified in Acorns' Privacy Policy, detected on August 4, 2026. However, the diff context provided shows only the document header and navigation …

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July 14, 2026 low

The change detected in Acorns' Privacy Policy on July 14, 2026 involved modification of one sentence within a 346-sentence document. The specific text that changed is not fully visible in …

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May 28, 2026 low

Acorns modified two sentences in their Privacy Policy on May 28, 2026. The detected changes appear to be limited to navigation or footer link updates within the policy document structure. …

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May 16, 2026 low

Acorns added two new promotion terms documents to its privacy policy footer on May 16, 2026: 'Acorns $50 Opendorse Promotion Terms and Conditions' and 'Acorns $20 Money Therapy Bonus Investment …

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May 5, 2026 low

Acorns added a link to its Privacy Policy in the navigation menu of its website on May 5, 2026. This is a navigation and disclosure change, not a modification to …

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April 30, 2026 low

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 …

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April 18, 2026 medium

Acorns removed detailed language about third-party sign-in services (Apple, Google) that previously explained what data these services could share, how that data is controlled, and how it would be used. …

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15 clause types
23 high severity
Data Sharing 26 7 high
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Enforcement Actions 1 1 high
Restricted or Prohibited Content/Industries 1 1 high
Acceptable Use Restrictions 1
Disclosure and Transparency Requirements 1
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