Klarna uses your personal data to assess fraud risk and may share data with fraud prevention agencies and other financial institutions for this purpose.
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The provision establishes the contractual authorization for Klarna to conduct ongoing fraud monitoring and risk evaluation activities as part of service delivery. This authorization permits the entity to implement automated decision-making systems and verification procedures that affect transaction approval and service access.
This standalone provision was integrated into other provisions, particularly 'Data Sharing with Credit Reference Agencies' and 'Data Retention' which now explicitly mention fraud prevention.
View full change record →Klarna's fraud prevention processing may result in declined transactions or restricted access to services based on automated risk scoring, with your data potentially retained in shared fraud databases that could affect you at other financial institutions.
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it is unlikely that an objection or opt out right would apply to such processing. This is because... no such right applies because the process relates to an exempted purpose, such as performing our contract with you or the detection or prevention of fraud...
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The provision establishes the contractual authorization for Klarna to conduct ongoing fraud monitoring and risk evaluation activities as part of service delivery. This authorization permits the entity to implement automated decision-making systems and verification procedures that affect transaction approval and service access.
Klarna's fraud prevention processing may result in declined transactions or restricted access to services based on automated risk scoring, with your data potentially retained in shared fraud databases that could affect you at other financial institutions.
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