Mercury collects your full identity information and detailed financial data including Social Security numbers, account numbers, transaction history, and balances when you open and use an account.
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This is the core data Mercury holds about you and your business, and its breadth means a wide range of sensitive financial and identity information is within Mercury's data environment.
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The updated privacy policy now discloses that cookies from Facebook Ads, Bing Ads, Braze, Google Ads, and LinkedIn Ads serve an additional purpose: 'SaleOfInfo'. This means data collected through these cookies may be sold or shared with third-party commercial partners, beyond their existing use for advertising and analytics. Under the revised policy, Mercury treats data from these cookies as subject to potential sale or commercial sharing. You can review Mercury's full privacy policy to understand your data rights and any available opt-out mechanisms.
View change record →Removal of explicit enumeration of sensitive financial and identity data types may reduce transparency about which specific data categories Mercury collects.
View full change record →Mercury collects highly sensitive personal and financial identifiers including Social Security numbers and full transaction histories, which means account holders should understand that detailed financial profiles are created and retained under this policy.
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"We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you create an account, make a transaction, or contact us for support. This includes personal identifiers such as your name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, employer identification number, email address, and phone number, as well as financial information such as bank account numbers, transaction history, account balances, and credit information.Excerpt from Mercury's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Collection of Social Security numbers, financial account data, and transaction history by a financial services platform implicates the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's Safeguards Rule, which requires financial institutions to implement reasonable security programs protecting customer …
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This is the core data Mercury holds about you and your business, and its breadth means a wide range of sensitive financial and identity information is within Mercury's data environment.
Mercury collects highly sensitive personal and financial identifiers including Social Security numbers and full transaction histories, which means account holders should understand that detailed financial profiles are created and retained under this policy.
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