Zelle keeps your advertising and browsing data for up to 26 months, keeps information you submit through support or fraud forms for up to five years, and keeps business partner data for the length of the relationship plus up to ten additional years.
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These retention periods determine how long your personal information, including fraud reports you submitted, remains in Zelle's systems and available for potential disclosure to third parties or law enforcement.
Zelle's website now operates under a binding privacy notice that requires you to expressly consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your personal information as a condition of visiting the site. The policy states that by using the website, you consent to these practices, and you should not use the site if you disagree. This represents a shift from marketing content to enforceable legal terms that govern what data is collected from website visitors and how it may be used. You can review the full privacy notice in the footer of zelle.com pages or request a copy via email at zelleprivacy@earlywarning.com to understand what specific data practices apply to your visit.
View change record →If you submitted a fraud report or support request through the Zelle website, the personal information in that submission, including your name, contact details, and transaction information, may be retained for up to five years. Browsing and advertising data is retained for up to 26 months.
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Further, you may take legal actions in relation to any potential breach of your rights regarding the processing of your Personal Information, as well as to lodge complaints before the competent data prot...
"Up to 26 months for 4a below. Up to 5 years (for Personal Information received from consumers via Zelle® support forms on the Website) for 4b below. Length of business/commercial relationship plus up to 10 years (for B2B Personal Information received via a form on the Website to become a Network Financial Institution or Service Provider) for 4b below.Excerpt from Zelle's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Data retention schedules engage CPRA's data minimization and storage limitation principles, which require that personal information be retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the disclosed purpose.
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These retention periods determine how long your personal information, including fraud reports you submitted, remains in Zelle's systems and available for potential disclosure to third parties or law enforcement.
If you submitted a fraud report or support request through the Zelle website, the personal information in that submission, including your name, contact details, and transaction information, may be retained for up to five years. Browsing and advertising data is retained for up to 26 months.
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