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Venmo · Venmo Privacy Policy · View original document ↗

Geolocation Used for Location-Based Advertising and Content

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 279 of 352 platforms
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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Lyft Medium

To grow the Lyft Platform and to share partner opportunities that are relevant to you, we use your personal information, including information we infer about you or receive from marketing parties, to provide Lyft and third party marketing, advertising, and promotions...

Square Medium

We use your Geolocation data to determine whether we can provide you with Services and to customise our Services to your location.

Roblox Medium

Where the law allows us to, we may use the content you and other users have posted for training or to help us to improve the way we filter content on our platform.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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if you elect to disclose your Geolocation Information, we will use this information to enhance the security of the Services and we may use this information to provide you with location-based options, functionality, offers, advertising...

Excerpt from Venmo's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FCRA
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GLBA
United States Federal
TCPA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Venmo Privacy Policy
Entity
Venmo
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-025146
Document ID
CA-D-00112
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2fecbec7aa1264e7b65c8fe4fa2b4e3c8ff1db53099da5749af244898c517753
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:07 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Venmo
Document: Venmo Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-025146
Captured: 2026-07-09 06:07:35 UTC
SHA-256: 2fecbec7aa1264e7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/venmo/venmo-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-025146/geolocation-used-for-location-based-advertising-and-content/
Accessed: Aug. 6, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Venmo's Geolocation Used for Location-Based Advertising and Content clause do?

The clause states: “if you elect to disclose your Geolocation Information, we will use this information to enhance the security of the Services and we may use this information to provide you with location-based options, functionality, offers, advertising...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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