When you pay a third-party merchant using Google Pay, your card details and account information like your billing address and email may be shared with that merchant.
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Your payment details and personal account information stored in Google Pay are passed to external merchants, and once shared, Google has no further responsibility for how those merchants handle the data.
Your payment method details, billing address, delivery address, and email saved in your Google Account may be disclosed to third-party merchants when you use Google Pay, after which Google assumes no further responsibility for that data or any transaction disputes.
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"When you initiate a payment transaction using Google Pay with any party other than a Seller (such party is a 'Third Party' and such transaction is a 'Third-Party Transaction'), Google may pass details of your Payment Method and related information to the Third Party so that it can charge your Payment Method. When you initiate an online transaction, Google Pay may also share other information, such as a billing, delivery or email address saved in your Google Account, where relevant to completing the transaction.— Excerpt from Google Pay's Google Pay Terms
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR for EU and EEA users, including data minimization and purpose limitation principles, and the UK GDPR post-Brexit. The phrase 'where relevant to completing the transaction' provides a proportionality qualifier, but the breadth of data types (payment details, billing address, delivery address, email) may require assessment under applicable data protection frameworks. The ICO in the UK and national data protection authorities in the EU are the relevant enforcement bodies. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The provision discloses that multiple categories of personal and financial data are shared with third parties, and explicitly states Google has no further involvement after the handoff. This raises questions about downstream data handling, third-party data retention, and whether users are adequately informed about how shared data may be used by merchants. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Heightened exposure under GDPR and UK GDPR, where data sharing with third parties requires a lawful basis and users have rights to information about recipients. In California, CCPA may require disclosure of categories of third parties to whom personal data is disclosed, though the US version of these terms is separate. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: For businesses integrating Google Pay as a checkout option, this clause confirms they will receive payment method details and account metadata from Google. These businesses should ensure their own data handling practices comply with applicable law and that their privacy notices reflect receipt of this data from Google Pay. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should confirm that the Google Payments Privacy Notice referenced in the document provides adequate disclosure of these data flows. Data mapping exercises should account for the transfer of billing, delivery, and email data to third-party merchants. Review whether consent mechanisms at the point of payment are sufficient under applicable law.
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Your payment details and personal account information stored in Google Pay are passed to external merchants, and once shared, Google has no further responsibility for how those merchants handle the data.
Your payment method details, billing address, delivery address, and email saved in your Google Account may be disclosed to third-party merchants when you use Google Pay, after which Google assumes no further responsibility for that data or any transaction disputes.
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