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Data Processing and Privacy

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What it is

Stripe collects and shares your business data and your customers' payment data with its partners, banking providers, and card networks. You're responsible for making sure your customers agreed to have their data processed by Stripe.

This analysis describes what Stripe's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The clause establishes the operational framework for data handling by defining the scope of Stripe's authorized data processing activities and establishing privacy governance through referenced policies. It also allocates responsibility to the user to obtain necessary consents from their own customers for payment data processing.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Apr 9, 2026
First Seen
Apr 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1153 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Merchants bear the contractual obligation to ensure their customers have consented to Stripe's data collection and sharing practices, which means GDPR or CCPA violations in the merchant's checkout flow could result in regulatory liability flowing back to the merchant under the SSA's indemnification clause. End consumers' payment data — including card numbers, bank account details, and transaction history — is shared with a broad network of Stripe affiliates and financial partners.

How other platforms handle this

MetaMask Medium

We may share your personal information with our affiliates, meaning entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with Consensys. We also share information with service providers who assist in operating our services, subject to confidentiality obligations.

Ledger Medium

At Ledger, earning and maintaining our users' trust is a top priority. That's why we are deeply committed not only to protecting your privacy and securing your personal data, but also to being fully transparent about how we handle it.

Target Medium

RedCard. We share information with our financial partners to operate the Target RedCard program.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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By entering into this Agreement, you authorize Stripe to collect, use, retain, and share information about you and your transactions in accordance with Stripe's Privacy Policy (available at stripe.com/privacy) and any applicable Data Processing Agreement. Stripe may share your data with its affiliates, financial partners, card networks, and as required by applicable law or regulation. You represent and warrant that you have obtained all necessary consents from your customers to permit Stripe to process their payment data as described in the Privacy Policy.

— Excerpt from Stripe's Stripe Terms of Service

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages GDPR (Regulation 2016/679) Articles 6, 13, 14, 28, and 46 — specifically the controller/processor relationship between the merchant (controller) and Stripe (processor), and the requirement for a Data Processing Agreement (Art. 28). CCPA (Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100-1798.199) applies to California merchants and their customers. PCI-DSS v4.0 applies to all parties handling cardholder data. FinCEN's Customer Due Diligence Rule (31 C.F.R. § 1010.230) and Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. § 5318) require Stripe to collect and retain transaction and identity data. ECPA (18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq.) may apply to certain data interception practices.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC enforces against unfair or deceptive data practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act and has authority over commercial data sharing by payment processors.
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  • State AG
    State attorneys general enforce CCPA and state privacy laws applicable to merchants and their payment processors, including data sharing without adequate consumer notice.
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Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FCRA
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
GLBA
United States Federal
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Stripe Terms of Service
Entity
Stripe
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 15, 2026
Last verified
April 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002351
Document ID
CA-D-00107
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f8031ea85047f87e96bd4f8806a7d96cf4b6716e28a2c1a50dc99260b9a49889
Analysis generated
March 15, 2026 11:34 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Stripe
Document: Stripe Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-002351
Captured: 2026-03-15 11:34:26 UTC
SHA-256: f8031ea85047f87e…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/stripe/stripe-terms-of-service/data-processing-and-privacy/
Accessed: June 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
Categories

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Stripe's Data Processing and Privacy clause do?

The clause establishes the operational framework for data handling by defining the scope of Stripe's authorized data processing activities and establishing privacy governance through referenced policies. It also allocates responsibility to the user to obtain necessary consents from their own customers for payment data processing.

How does this clause affect you?

Merchants bear the contractual obligation to ensure their customers have consented to Stripe's data collection and sharing practices, which means GDPR or CCPA violations in the merchant's checkout flow could result in regulatory liability flowing back to the merchant under the SSA's indemnification clause. End consumers' payment data — including card numbers, bank account details, and transaction history — is …

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 5 platforms. See the full comparison.

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