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Third-Party Advertising and Tracking Technologies

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What it is

Chime and its advertising partners use tracking tools like cookies and pixels to collect your browsing and app behavior, which may be used to show you targeted ads.

This analysis describes what Chime's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Chime's website actively loads tracking pixels from Facebook, TikTok, Google, Reddit, Taboola, Bing, and LiveRamp, meaning your visit to Chime's site or use of its app may contribute to advertising profiles across multiple third-party platforms.

Interpretive note: The precise scope of data shared with each advertising technology vendor is not fully enumerated in the policy text; the extent of sharing is inferred from the third-party integrations visible in the page source rather than from explicit policy language.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Apr 20, 2026

The updated notice states Chime no longer shares your personal information (such as transaction history and creditworthiness) with other financial companies for joint marketing purposes. This is a na…

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your behavioral data collected while using Chime's website or app, including page visits and interaction patterns, may be shared with a wide network of advertising platforms and identity resolution services, potentially linking your financial app activity to your broader online advertising profile.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Opt Out of Arbitration
    Visit Chime's privacy policy page and use the provided opt-out of sale or sharing link to submit your preference. You may also enable Global Privacy Control in your browser to signal opt-out preferences automatically.

How other platforms handle this

Palantir Medium

We use Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and other third-party analytics and advertising tools to collect information about how visitors use our website. This may include information about your device, browser, IP address, and pages visited.

Windsurf Medium

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store Personal Information, including your browser type, operating system version, domains, IP address, the URL of the page that referred you, referring/exit pages and information about your interactions ...

American Airlines Medium

American gets this information by using technologies, including cookies, web beacons, and mobile device geolocation to provide and improve our Interactive Services and advertising, including across browsers and devices (also known as cross-device linking). This technical information may be combined ...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our website and app. We and our advertising partners may use this information to deliver targeted advertisements, measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, and for other marketing purposes.

— Excerpt from Chime's Chime Privacy Policy

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Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the GLBA's restrictions on sharing nonpublic personal information with nonaffiliated third parties for marketing purposes, requiring adequate notice and opt-out mechanisms. The FTC Act's unfair or deceptive practices standards apply to whether the scope of third-party data sharing is accurately and fully disclosed. The CCPA and CPRA impose requirements on disclosure of selling or sharing personal information with advertising partners and mandate operational opt-out mechanisms. The use of identity resolution services such as LiveRamp may also engage FTC guidance on data broker practices. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The volume and variety of advertising technology integrations visible in the page source, spanning Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Google Tag Manager, Taboola, Reddit Ads, Bing Ads, and LiveRamp, creates significant compliance surface area. For a financial services provider subject to GLBA, the question of whether behavioral and device-level data collected through these integrations constitutes nonpublic personal information subject to GLBA opt-out requirements is a material unresolved question that warrants legal evaluation. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California residents face heightened exposure under CCPA and CPRA, which define the sharing of personal information with advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising as a regulated activity requiring opt-out. The FTC has signaled increased scrutiny of financial services companies using advertising technology that may conflict with GLBA obligations. Illinois and other states with emerging privacy frameworks may impose additional requirements. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement and legal teams should audit data processing agreements with each named advertising technology vendor to confirm that contractual terms align with GLBA and CCPA requirements, including restrictions on onward use of shared data. Standard advertising platform data processing terms may not satisfy GLBA's requirements for sharing with service providers versus marketing partners. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should conduct a data flow mapping exercise to document all third-party recipients of data collected through advertising pixels and confirm that the GLBA privacy notice adequately discloses each category of sharing. The opt-out mechanism for CCPA's sale or sharing right should be tested to confirm it suppresses data transmission to all relevant advertising technology integrations, including server-side and pixel-based transmissions.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has jurisdiction over unfair or deceptive practices related to data collection and advertising disclosures, and has issued guidance relevant to financial services companies using advertising technology that may intersect with GLBA obligations.
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  • CFPB
    The CFPB has supervisory authority over Chime as a financial services provider and has increasing interest in how consumer financial data is used for advertising and marketing purposes.
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Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FCRA
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GLBA
United States Federal
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
TCPA
United States Federal
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Chime Privacy Policy
Entity
Chime
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-009946
Document ID
CA-D-00078
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
01703c8246601fd3710daa09a8fe8af486645b02df7ec3ba5c967854102d66e8
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 00:29 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Chime
Document: Chime Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-009946
Captured: 2026-05-11 00:29:54 UTC
SHA-256: 01703c8246601fd3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/chime/chime-privacy-policy/third-party-advertising-and-tracking-technologies/
Accessed: May 14, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Chime's Third-Party Advertising and Tracking Technologies clause do?

Chime's website actively loads tracking pixels from Facebook, TikTok, Google, Reddit, Taboola, Bing, and LiveRamp, meaning your visit to Chime's site or use of its app may contribute to advertising profiles across multiple third-party platforms.

How does this clause affect you?

Your behavioral data collected while using Chime's website or app, including page visits and interaction patterns, may be shared with a wide network of advertising platforms and identity resolution services, potentially linking your financial app activity to your broader online advertising profile.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with Chime?

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