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Square has already sold or shared Usage Data for targeted advertising, meaning this is a disclosed past practice rather than a merely potential future use.
The updated terms establish explicit authorization for Square to share your account data, usage data, and commercial information (including customer directory data, customer transaction data, and employee/staff data) with other account holders within your merchant group, where you have elected to share this information or been notified. The account holder may use this information for group management, consolidated reporting, operational oversight, and business performance analysis. The terms also clarify that your mobile phone number provided for text messaging will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes, and that consent records for text messages will not be shared except with service providers assisting with message delivery. You can review the Square for Multi-Legal Entities Terms of Service for additional details on how data is handled within merchant groups.
View change record →The updated privacy notice discloses that Square collects personal data (name, job title, email, company name) and behavioral data (which compliance documents you view, how you interact with the Trust Center portal) when you visit Square's Trust Center to access compliance documentation. The terms state Square uses this engagement data to identify and prioritize sales opportunities and may follow up with relevant sales outreach based on which compliance documents you have viewed. This means your compliance research activity is tracked and may be used to inform sales contact decisions.
View change record →Users' Usage Data has been sold or shared by Square for targeted advertising purposes within the 12 months preceding this notice.
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We will share Personal Data that we collect, such as Account Information with any corporate affiliates...used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and generally to operate our business...
in the case of Cohere, to potential assignees, acquirers or successors of Cohere if and to the extent such persons need to know such Confidential Information in connection with a potential sale, merger, amalgamation or other corporate transaction...
We may share your Personal Data with Service Providers, Third-Party Vendors, Consultants, and other Business Partners in order to provide Services on our behalf...
"we have, "sold or shared" over the last 12 months Usage Data for the purpose of interest-based advertising (or "targeted advertising") as described below.Excerpt from Square's Privacy Notice
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Square has already sold or shared Usage Data for targeted advertising, meaning this is a disclosed past practice rather than a merely potential future use.
Users' Usage Data has been sold or shared by Square for targeted advertising purposes within the 12 months preceding this notice.
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