Squarespace Payments users are required to provide sensitive financial and identity information including bank account details, social security numbers, passport numbers, driver's license numbers, tax identifiers, and nationality as a condition of accessing Payments Services. This information is used for KYC and AML compliance purposes under multiple EU and Irish legal frameworks referenced in the policy.
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This provision establishes that Payments Services access requires disclosure of highly sensitive financial and government identity data, which the policy states is collected under legal obligation and used for identity verification, AML compliance, fraud monitoring, and eligibility determination for financial products.
Under this clause, Customers who wish to use Squarespace Payments must provide bank account details, government identity numbers, and tax identifiers, and this information is shared with vendors including Stripe, Sift, and Plaid for payment processing, identity verification, and fraud monitoring purposes. The agreement states that failure to provide this information will prevent access to Payments Services.
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Compare across platforms →"Payments Services Account Information : If you use the Payments Services (as defined in the Squarespace Payments Terms) , additional information you provide to set up and manage Payments Services and integrate them with the Processing Services (as defined in the Squarespace Payments Terms ), including information about you and your business, such as bank account details, name, address, phone number, date of birth, government number (such as a social security number, passport number or driver's license number), tax identifier (EIN) and nationality. ... To comply with know your customer and anti-money laundering laws. We are required to obtain certain information about Customers who use the Payments Services to verify their identities and take preventative measures as a result of know your customer, money laundering and/or terrorist financing laws.Excerpt from Squarespace's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes that Payments Services access requires disclosure of highly sensitive financial and government identity data, which the policy states is collected under legal obligation and used for identity verification, AML compliance, fraud monitoring, and eligibility determination for financial products.
Under this clause, Customers who wish to use Squarespace Payments must provide bank account details, government identity numbers, and tax identifiers, and this information is shared with vendors including Stripe, Sift, and Plaid for payment processing, identity verification, and fraud monitoring purposes. The agreement states that failure to provide this information will prevent access to Payments Services.
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