Intuit collects highly sensitive data including your Social Security number, bank account details, and full tax return information when you use products like TurboTax or QuickBooks.
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This category of data represents among the most sensitive personal information a consumer can share, and its collection by a company that also engages in advertising and analytics partnerships warrants careful attention to how it is segregated and protected.
Interpretive note: The document describes data collection broadly; the specific downstream uses of government identifiers and financial account data depend on product-specific terms and data flow implementations not fully detailed in the global privacy statement.
The updated terms establish new procedures for handling personal data complaints related to international data transfers under the EU-U.S., UK Extension, and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks. Users from these jurisdictions now have access to defined complaint and dispute resolution mechanisms, including referral to TRUSTe as an alternative dispute provider at no cost, and binding arbitration under certain conditions. Additionally, the policy now requires that before personal data is used for a materially new purpose or shared with external parties not covered as processors, Mailchimp will offer users the opportunity to opt out through appropriate means or collect opt-in consent.
View change record →Removal of explicit itemization of sensitive data collection categories obscures the scope of financial and government identifier data being collected.
View full change record →Explicit disclosure of collection of highly sensitive PII (SSNs, bank account numbers, tax returns) marks a notable transparency shift regarding the scope of personal data gathered.
View full change record →Users of TurboTax and QuickBooks provide government identifiers and complete financial records to Intuit; the policy's scope of permitted uses for this data, including product improvement and certain third-party sharing, means this information is processed beyond the immediate tax or accounting transaction.
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"We collect information you provide when you use our products and services, including financial information such as bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and tax information including Social Security numbers and tax return data. We also collect government-issued identification numbers where required for identity verification and fraud prevention purposes.Excerpt from Intuit's Privacy Statement
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Collection of Social Security numbers, bank account data, and tax return information implicates the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which requires financial institutions to protect and limit sharing of nonpublic personal information; the FTC is the …
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This category of data represents among the most sensitive personal information a consumer can share, and its collection by a company that also engages in advertising and analytics partnerships warrants careful attention to how it is segregated and protected.
Users of TurboTax and QuickBooks provide government identifiers and complete financial records to Intuit; the policy's scope of permitted uses for this data, including product improvement and certain third-party sharing, means this information is processed beyond the immediate tax or accounting transaction.
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