Shopify collects sensitive data including your payment details, precise location, and full transaction history, which it uses for payment processing, fraud prevention, and legal compliance.
Shopify holds your payment card details, precise location data, and complete transaction records — some of the most sensitive personal information categories — and their storage alongside behavioral data for advertising purposes creates elevated risk in the event of a data breach.
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When you opt in to provide diagnostic and usage data, you consent to Apple's collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in Apple's Privacy Policy. Apple may use this information to improve its products and services.
Device and network information: We collect information about your computer or other Netflix capable devices you might use to access our service (such as smart TVs, mobile devices, set top boxes, gaming systems, and other streaming media devices), your network, and network devices. The information in...
Account information. We collect data when you create or update your Uber account. ... Banking information ... Payment ... Processing payments and enabling payment and e-money products such as Uber Cash and Uber Money.
Payment card data, precise geolocation, and transaction history are among the most sensitive categories of personal information — their collection and retention by a platform that also uses data for advertising creates elevated risk of misuse or breach.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: CPRA designates financial account information, precise geolocation, and payment data as 'sensitive personal information' subject to heightened protections under §1798.121, requiring a 'Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information' opt-out right. GDPR does not separately categorize financial data as 'special category' but requires appropriate technical and organizational measures under Article 32. PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) governs payment card data storage and processing, enforced by card networks and the PCI Security Standards Council.
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