Coinbase collects your government ID, passport, tax ID number, date of birth, and bank account details as part of its mandatory identity verification process — you cannot use most Coinbase services without providing this information.
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The collection framework establishes the informational foundation for regulatory compliance, account verification, and anti-money laundering obligations. The provision ties data collection to both user-initiated feature selection and applicable legal requirements, creating conditional collection triggers based on jurisdictional obligations and service tier access.
Removal of this standalone provision represents consolidation into 'Government ID and Biometric Data Collection,' removing specific examples like passport, driver's license, and tax ID that made the scope explicit.
View full change record →To use Coinbase's trading services, you must provide passport or driver's license data, your tax identification number, and financial account details, which collectively constitute a high-value target for data breaches and create a comprehensive identity and financial profile held by Coinbase.
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"We collect personal information you provide to us such as name, address, email address, and phone number. If you choose to use certain features, you may also provide financial account information, identification documents such as passport or driver's license, tax identification numbers, date of birth, and other information required by applicable law.— Excerpt from Coinbase's Coinbase Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: KYC identity data collection is mandated by the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. §5318), FinCEN's Customer Identification Program rules (31 C.F.R. §1020.220), OFAC compliance requirements, and applicable state money transmitter laws. It simultaneously implicates GDPR Arts. 5 (data minimization), 6(1)(c) (legal obligation as lawful basis), and 9 (special category data for biometrics and potentially health/financial data); CCPA/CPRA sensitive personal information provisions for government IDs and financial account numbers; and IRS reporting obligations (Form 1099-DA for digital asset brokers, effective 2025). Primary enforcers: FinCEN, IRS, state money transmitter regulators, FTC, EU DPAs.
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The collection framework establishes the informational foundation for regulatory compliance, account verification, and anti-money laundering obligations. The provision ties data collection to both user-initiated feature selection and applicable legal requirements, creating conditional collection triggers based on jurisdictional obligations and service tier access.
To use Coinbase's trading services, you must provide passport or driver's license data, your tax identification number, and financial account details, which collectively constitute a high-value target for data breaches and create a comprehensive identity and financial profile held by Coinbase.
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