Square Privacy Notice

Square's Privacy Notice explains what personal information Square collects about you—including biometrics, location, and business data—how Square uses and shares it, and how long Square keeps it. Square has shared your usage data for targeted advertising, but you can opt out using the 'Your Privacy Choices' link on Square's website or by enabling the Global Privacy Control in your browser. If you are a seller using Square, you are responsible for making sure your customers have given any necessary permission for Square to use their data.

The Square Privacy Notice establishes how Square collects, uses, retains, and shares personal information across three collection channels: direct submission, passive collection during Service use, and acquisition from third-party sources. The notice covers sensitive data categories including biometrics extracted from facial scans and photo identification, precise geolocation, and commercial information, and discloses that Square has sold or shared Usage Data for interest-based advertising over the preceding 12 months. Square retains information for as long as necessary for the purposes identified in the notice, including after account closure for legal compliance, Terms enforcement, and fraud protection, without a fixed outer limit. Users may opt out of targeted advertising via the 'Your Privacy Choices' footer link or by enabling the Global Privacy Control, and sellers bear responsibility for obtaining any necessary customer permissions for Square's use of their customers' data.

Square collects sensitive information including biometric data extracted from facial scans and photo IDs, precise geolocation data, and commercial information, and may feed that information into AI technologies to generate personalized features. Square has already sold or shared your Usage Data for targeted advertising. You can stop targeted advertising by clicking the 'Your Privacy Choices' link in the footer of any page on Square's browser site, or by enabling the Global Privacy Control or a similar opt-out setting in your browser. Your information may be retained after you close your account for purposes including legal compliance, enforcement, and fraud protection, for an indeterminate period. Square takes reasonable security measures but does not guarantee a fully secure environment.