Gusto shares your personal information — including payroll and benefits data — with outside companies that help run its services, including cloud, payment, analytics, and marketing companies.
This provision explicitly details the broad categories of third parties receiving data (payment processors, analytics, marketing vendors) and distinguishes between service providers and business partners, expanding visibility of data sharing practices.
View full change record →Your Social Security number, bank account, salary, and health benefits data may be shared with multiple third-party vendors beyond Gusto itself, each of which represents an additional privacy and security risk for employees who never directly consented to those relationships.
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Compare across platforms →Every third party that receives your payroll data, SSN, or benefits information from Gusto is a potential point of data breach or misuse, and you may have limited visibility into which vendors ultimately receive your most sensitive information.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GLBA Section 502 (15 U.S.C. §6802) restricts sharing of nonpublic personal financial information with nonaffiliated third parties and requires opt-out rights. CCPA/CPRA §1798.115 requires disclosure of categories of third parties with whom PI is shared. HIPAA 45 CFR §164.502(e) requires Business Associate Agreements for health data sharing. FTC Safeguards Rule (16 CFR Part 314) requires oversight of service provider data security practices. (2)
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