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Access to information limited to need-to-know employees

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Medium Jun 3, 2026

The updated Privacy Policy establishes that Affirm qualifies as a financial institution under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, meaning personal information collected in connection with Affirm services is governed by federal banking law rather than applicable state privacy laws. The policy now explicitly discloses collection of identity and profile information including full name, date of birth, Social Security number, email, mailing address, phone number, and password. The updated terms also disclose new data sharing arrangements with fraud prevention, identity verification, and risk intelligence providers, which were not previously detailed. You can contact Affirm's privacy team using the phone number provided in the updated policy to exercise data privacy rights.

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We enforce physical access controls to our buildings and we authorize access to your information only for those employees or agents who require it to fulfill the responsibilities of their jobs.

— Excerpt from Affirm's Affirm Privacy Policy

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Document information
Document
Affirm Privacy Policy
Entity
Affirm
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
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First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-029704
Document ID
CA-D-00168
Evidence Provenance
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Wayback Machine
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14612e5d4e154bb0a5181a10837054a0e2bd38f2d20df5efbd7e3d764f0cae52
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 19:04 UTC
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Citation Record
Entity: Affirm
Document: Affirm Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-029704
Captured: 2026-05-07 19:04:44 UTC
SHA-256: 14612e5d4e154bb0…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/affirm/affirm-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-029704/access-to-information-limited-to-need-to-know-employees/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
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What does Affirm's Access to information limited to need-to-know employees clause do?

The clause states: “We enforce physical access controls to our buildings and we authorize access to your information only for those employees or agents who require it to fulfill the responsibilities of their jobs.”

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