We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We may retain certain personal information even after you close your account to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering and financial reporting requirements.
Even if you close your Coinbase account and request data deletion, your identity and transaction records will be retained for years due to AML and financial reporting obligations, meaning exercising privacy rights will have limited effect on your historical data.
Coinbase collects highly sensitive personal data including government-issued ID, financial account information, transaction history, biometric identifiers, and behavioral data, and shares this information with a broad ecosystem of third parties including advertising networks, blockchain analytics companies, and law enforcement agencies. Users have limited ability to restrict data collection as most categories are deemed necessary to provide services or comply with legal obligations, meaning opting out effectively requires closing the account. You can submit requests to access, delete, or export your personal data through Coinbase's privacy rights portal at privacy.coinbase.com.