The agreement states that federal law requires Gusto, as a financial institution, to collect, verify, and monitor identity information for the Employer entity, each Administrator, and the designated signatory, including government-issued identification documents, taxpayer IDs, and business ownership documentation.
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This provision establishes Gusto's Customer Identification Program obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act and FinCEN regulations, requiring collection of sensitive identity documentation from Employer entities and individual administrators. The data collected includes personally identifiable information for multiple individuals associated with the Employer Account.
The updated terms make explicit that requesting a background check through Gusto creates a legally binding agreement not just with Gusto but also incorporating terms from Gusto's payroll service and Checkr's service agreement. This means customers are committing to multiple overlapping sets of terms when they initiate a background check request. The change does not appear to alter the substantive rights or obligations, but rather clarifies their scope and binding nature in writing.
View change record →Developers integrating with Gusto's platform are now bound by mandatory arbitration and class action waiver provisions, meaning they cannot join or file class actions against Gusto and must resolve disputes through individual, binding arbitration. The updated terms also grant Gusto the right to modify, update, or discontinue developer tools at its sole discretion without notice or liability, which could disrupt integrations and require developers to absorb costs of upgrading to new versions. Developers should review Section 19 of the updated terms carefully before creating or maintaining integrations with Gusto's platform, and consider whether the arbitration and modification provisions align with their business and legal risk tolerance.
View change record →This addition implements Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act compliance requirements, requiring extensive identity verification and ongoing monitoring of all administrators.
View full change record →The agreement requires Employers to provide full names, dates of birth, taxpayer IDs, business ownership documentation, and government-issued identification for the entity, administrators, and designated signatories as a condition of platform access. This information is collected and monitored in accordance with federal AML and anti-terrorism financing obligations.
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"To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires financial institutions like Gusto to obtain, verify, record, and monitor information that identifies Employer's business entity, each Administrator authorized to access and/or manage the Employer Account, and Employer's designated responsible party... This information may include (but is not limited to) full name, address, date of birth, Employer taxpayer ID, telephone number, email address, business entity ownership documentation, and other information that will allow us to identify Employer, Employer's signatory, and/or Employer's Administrators ("Identification Information"). We may also require Employer to provide identifying documentation about Employer's business entity, Administrators and signatory, which may include passports, drivers licenses, or other government issued identification ("Identification Documents").Excerpt from Gusto's Terms of Service
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This provision establishes Gusto's Customer Identification Program obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act and FinCEN regulations, requiring collection of sensitive identity documentation from Employer entities and individual administrators. The data collected includes personally identifiable information for multiple individuals associated with the Employer Account.
The agreement requires Employers to provide full names, dates of birth, taxpayer IDs, business ownership documentation, and government-issued identification for the entity, administrators, and designated signatories as a condition of platform access. This information is collected and monitored in accordance with federal AML and anti-terrorism financing obligations.
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