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The breadth of data collected — spanning financial account details, location, contacts, and behavioral data — creates a comprehensive profile of your financial life and social connections that is used across PayPal's broader ecosystem.
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Venmo's policy authorizes collection of financial account details, transaction history, device identifiers, location data, and the content of payment notes, and permits sharing this information with PayPal affiliates, marketing partners, analytics providers, and financial institutions. The default public transaction feed means that payment descriptions entered by users may be visible to other Venmo users unless the user manually changes their privacy settings. You can set your transactions to private and limit certain data sharing by navigating to Settings in the Venmo app, selecting Privacy, and adjusting your default transaction audience and other sharing preferences.
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"We collect information you provide to us, information we collect automatically when you use our services, and information we receive from third parties. This includes identifiers such as name, email address, phone number, and government-issued ID; financial information including bank account and payment card details; transaction data; device identifiers; IP addresses; geolocation data; and information about your contacts if you grant access.— Excerpt from Venmo's Venmo Privacy Policy
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The breadth of data collected — spanning financial account details, location, contacts, and behavioral data — creates a comprehensive profile of your financial life and social connections that is used across PayPal's broader ecosystem.
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