Target shares your personal data with numerous outside companies that help run its business — including payment processors, data analytics firms, and marketing companies — with a contractual requirement that they only use your data for Target's purposes.
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This clause establishes the operational scope of data sharing within Target's service delivery ecosystem. It creates a contractual framework governing how third-party vendors access and use personal information in the course of providing specified business functions.
Your personal information is shared with Target's network of service providers across payment processing, analytics, and marketing functions — the contractual 'purpose limitation' provides some protection but does not prevent broad internal use of your data across Target's vendor ecosystem.
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We may also share your personal information with third parties that assist us in providing our services, or where we are under an obligation to report to. But rest assured: we will only ever share your personal information in the limited circumstances described in this Policy.
We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances: With service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as data analytics, marketing, customer service, and technology services. With financial partners, including banks, brokerage firms, and payment pr...
We may share your information with third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. We may also share your information with business partners who offer products or services that...
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"We share personal information with service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analytics, marketing, advertising, cloud computing, and customer service. These service providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide services to us.— Excerpt from Target's Target Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Service provider data sharing implicates CCPA/CPRA §1798.140(ag) (service provider definition and limitations), which requires written contracts prohibiting service providers from selling or sharing data or using it for their own commercial purposes. GDPR Art. 28 requires formal Data Processing Agreements for all processors. FTC Act Section 5 applies to deceptive representations about service provider data use.
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This clause establishes the operational scope of data sharing within Target's service delivery ecosystem. It creates a contractual framework governing how third-party vendors access and use personal information in the course of providing specified business functions.
Your personal information is shared with Target's network of service providers across payment processing, analytics, and marketing functions — the contractual 'purpose limitation' provides some protection but does not prevent broad internal use of your data across Target's vendor ecosystem.
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