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User information is disclosed to third parties outside Affirm for security and fraud-related purposes, expanding the circle of entities that access personal data.
The updated policy explicitly discloses that Affirm collects cart contents, product details, pricing, and page URLs when you use its browser extension or in-app browser to visit merchant websites. This represents a material expansion of the prior disclosure, which only mentioned collecting website domain. The policy states this information is used to provide and improve extension features, provide personalized experiences, and support related services. You can limit collection by disabling the extension in browser settings, uninstalling it, hiding it, or choosing not to use the in-app browser for merchant browsing where an alternative is available.
View change record →Affirm may share your personal information with third-party fraud prevention, identity verification, and risk intelligence providers.
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We may disclose your Personal Information for legal reasons, such as to (a) follow laws, (b) enforce our agreements, (c) prevent fraud or security issues, (d) protect our company, our users and the public...
We reserve the right to use, disclose and share your information and Contact Data to investigate, prevent or take action with respect to any potential or actual fraud, illegal activities, circumstances which threaten the physical safety...
We may share your Personal Data with Service Providers, Third-Party Vendors, Consultants, and other Business Partners in order to provide Services on our behalf...
"To third party fraud prevention, identity verification, and risk intelligence providers that help us detect, prevent, and investigate fraud, security incidents, and other harmful or unlawful activity.Excerpt from Affirm's Privacy Policy
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User information is disclosed to third parties outside Affirm for security and fraud-related purposes, expanding the circle of entities that access personal data.
Affirm may share your personal information with third-party fraud prevention, identity verification, and risk intelligence providers.
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