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The updated policy discloses that Acorns collects and processes personal information from users of its Invest My Tips feature, including public profile data, payment information, and QR code details. This information is shared with payment processors and fraud detection providers to enable the feature. The policy also establishes that Acorns does not sell or share text messaging opt-in data to third parties outside of carriers and service providers, which provides a specific protection for SMS communications.
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"If you access Acorns to transfer funds to an Acorns account holder through the Acorns Early Gifting feature, you authorize the sharing of your name, the status of your gift, and the amount of the transfer with the recipient Acorns account holder.Excerpt from Acorns's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “If you access Acorns to transfer funds to an Acorns account holder through the Acorns Early Gifting feature, you authorize the sharing of your name, the status of your gift, and the amount of the transfer with the recipient Acorns account holder.”
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