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Read Oct 16, 2026

In short

You are agreeing to let Venmo collect detailed personal, financial, and location data, including biometrics like face scans.
You also accept that your transaction history and profile information may be visible to the public and other users.
Additionally, you allow Venmo to update this policy unilaterally with limited notice.

What you accept

If you use this site

Everyday words for the material promises and rights you give up. Each line includes a quote from the document.

Fineprint cannot see whether you agreed. This page is posted on their site. Open the original if you need to know how they say it applies.

01
You are agreeing to provide identification details, social security numbers, and facial recognition data for account authentication.
This product
“we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”
02
You are agreeing to have your transaction history, name, and username potentially visible to anyone on the internet.
Other products, stores, or brands
“Public information may also be seen, accessed, reshared or downloaded through Venmo's APIs or third-party services...”
03
You are agreeing to a privacy policy that can change with only 30 days' notice if required by law, otherwise immediately upon posting.
This product
“If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”

What it can cost you

Downsides we could quote

Quoted clauses that can affect your privacy, money, or right to go to court — including terms that follow you to other products.

Highest-cost clauses first

High cost

Location or sensitive-data over-collection

You are agreeing to surrender your biometric face scan data to Venmo for account access and security.

“Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”

What that means: You must allow your face to be scanned to fully use the app, creating a permanent biometric record.

Venmo collects facial scans, which are highly sensitive biometric identifiers, under the guise of fraud prevention.

High cost

Indefinite retention

You are agreeing to have your personal data archived for up to a decade after closing your account.

“Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years...”

What that means: Your data persists long after you leave, limiting your ability to truly disappear from their systems.

Venmo retains your core personal information for at least ten years after you stop being a customer.

High cost

Data sold or shared with third parties

You are agreeing to share your data for Venmo’s direct marketing and joint marketing campaigns.

“For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you Yes No... For joint marketing with other financial companies Yes No”

What that means: Your information is shared with other financial companies to market products to you without a specific opt-out choice.

While they claim not to sell data in the CCPA section, the consumer disclosure confirms sharing for their own marketing and joint marketing with affiliates.

Medium cost

Location or sensitive-data over-collection

You are agreeing to continuous precise location tracking for Venmo's risk management needs.

“Geolocation Information - information that identifies with reasonable specificity your location by using, for instance, longitude and latitude coordinates obtained through GPS... We will collect this data for fraud and risk purposes.”

What that means: Your physical whereabouts are tracked and stored even when not actively making a payment.

The company collects precise GPS location data, not just general region, for internal risk assessment.

Medium cost

Unilateral changes with little or no notice

You are agreeing to be bound by future privacy changes that may take effect immediately without prior warning.

“As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement... If the revised version requires notice... we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”

What that means: You might miss significant changes to your privacy rights if they are not legally mandated to announce them early.

They can change the rules whenever they want unless specific laws force them to give 30-day notice.

Medium cost

Tracking you across apps

You are agreeing that your 'Do Not Track' preferences will be ignored during your usage.

“Do Not Track: Do Not Track ('DNT') is an optional browser setting... We do not respond to DNT signals.”

What that means: Standard privacy tools you use to protect yourself are rendered ineffective against their collection practices.

Even if you explicitly tell browsers and trackers to stop following you, Venmo ignores those requests.

If these terms already apply to you

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News for this company

First readings and wording changes we could quote — the same items that appear on News.

All News

Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 6 wording changes below. The grade moved from F to D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “We do not respond to Do Not Track signals... certain business partners and vendors may use cookies and other tracking technologies... to recognize you as a customer; customize Services, other content and advertising...”
  Now
  “We do not respond to DNT signals.”
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer... litigation, investigations, audit, and compliance practices... to protect against legal claims.”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer...”
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “If the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- No longer quoted
  Children’s data
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old... The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13.”
- No longer quoted
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business... For our everyday business purposes—such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes No... For our marketing purposes— Yes No”
- Appeared
  Cookie consent that favors Accept
  “Certain Services are only available through the use of Cookies, so if you choose to disable or decline Cookies, your use of certain Services may be limited or not possible.”
Oct 13, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 5 wording changes below. The grade moved from D to F.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer... litigation, investigations, audit, and compliance practices... to protect against legal claims.”
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- Changed
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  Was
  “We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
  Now
  “All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business... For our everyday business purposes—such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes No... For our marketing purposes— Yes No”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “Inferences drawn from any of the information identified in this subdivision to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, and abilities.”
  Now
  “We do not respond to Do Not Track signals... certain business partners and vendors may use cookies and other tracking technologies... to recognize you as a customer; customize Services, other content and advertising...”
- Appeared
  Children’s data
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old... The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13.”
Oct 6, 2026 · F
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 7 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk... longitude and latitude coordinates obtained through GPS”
  Now
  “Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “we and certain business partners and vendors may use cookies and other tracking technologies... We do not respond to DNT signals”
  Now
  “Inferences drawn from any of the information identified in this subdivision to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, and abilities.”
- No longer quoted
  Terms follow you to parks, stores, and other products
  “Our affiliates include Bill Me Later, Inc”
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date”
  Now
  “As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- No longer quoted
  Children’s data
  “Teen User... between the ages of 13 and 17 years old... We will not collect more information about you than what is required”
- Appeared
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
Oct 4, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 6 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “Identification Information - your name, street address, email address, date of birth, and Social Security number ("SSN") ... Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans”
  Now
  “we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk... longitude and latitude coordinates obtained through GPS”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “We use Cookies to recognize you as a customer; customize Services, other content and advertising, measure the effectiveness of promotions, perform a wide range of analytics”
  Now
  “we and certain business partners and vendors may use cookies and other tracking technologies... We do not respond to DNT signals”
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement ... If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice ... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date”
- Changed
  Children’s data
  Was
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account ... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old”
  Now
  “Teen User... between the ages of 13 and 17 years old... We will not collect more information about you than what is required”
- No longer quoted
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “We may disclose your personal information with ... Our parent company, PayPal, Inc. and affiliates ... We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
- Appeared
  Terms follow you to parks, stores, and other products
  “Our affiliates include Bill Me Later, Inc”
Oct 2, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 5 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement ... If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice ... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “we may use this information to provide you with location-based options, functionality, offers, advertising, search results, or other location-based content”
  Now
  “We use Cookies to recognize you as a customer; customize Services, other content and advertising, measure the effectiveness of promotions, perform a wide range of analytics”
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”
  Now
  “Identification Information - your name, street address, email address, date of birth, and Social Security number ("SSN") ... Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans”
- Changed
  Children’s data
  Was
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. If we obtain actual knowledge that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete it”
  Now
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account ... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old”
- Appeared
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “We may disclose your personal information with ... Our parent company, PayPal, Inc. and affiliates ... We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
Oct 1, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 7 wording changes below. The grade moved from F to D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”
  Now
  “we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice..., otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years... unless we need to keep it longer... litigation, investigations, audit, and compliance practices...”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “We do not respond to DNT signals.”
  Now
  “we may use this information to provide you with location-based options, functionality, offers, advertising, search results, or other location-based content”
- No longer quoted
  Terms follow you to parks, stores, and other products
  “if you use one of the following services: PayPal and PayPal Honey; we may associate information about your transactions and experiences using these services to personalize content and offers...”
- Changed
  Children’s data
  Was
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old...”
  Now
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. If we obtain actual knowledge that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete it”
- No longer quoted
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
Sep 25, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 6 wording changes below. The grade moved from D to F.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice..., otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years... unless we need to keep it longer, such as... litigation, investigations, audit, and compliance practices.”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years... unless we need to keep it longer... litigation, investigations, audit, and compliance practices...”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “Inferences drawn from any of the information identified in this subdivision to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, and abilities.”
  Now
  “We do not respond to DNT signals.”
- Changed
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  Was
  “Venmo does not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
  Now
  “We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
- Changed
  Children’s data
  Was
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13... In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old.”
  Now
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old...”
- Appeared
  Terms follow you to parks, stores, and other products
  “if you use one of the following services: PayPal and PayPal Honey; we may associate information about your transactions and experiences using these services to personalize content and offers...”
Sep 24, 2026 · F
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 6 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “Identification Information - your name, street address, email address, date of birth, and Social Security number (”
  Now
  “Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “we collect your IP address, and standard web log information, such as your browser type and the pages you accessed on our website. We also may collect Geolocation Information”
  Now
  “Inferences drawn from any of the information identified in this subdivision to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, and abilities.”
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years... unless we need to keep it longer, such as... litigation, investigations, audit, and compliance practices.”
- Changed
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  Was
  “We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
  Now
  “Venmo does not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
- No longer quoted
  Liability shifted onto the user
  “Despite our efforts, we cannot guarantee that personal information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of our administrative, managerial and technical safeguards.”
- Appeared
  Children’s data
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13... In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old.”
Sep 22, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 8 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer...”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “Social Security number... Biometric Information... Face scans... Geolocation Information... Longitude and latitude coordinates”
  Now
  “Identification Information - your name, street address, email address, date of birth, and Social Security number (”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “We do not respond to DNT signals... We may associate information about your transactions and experiences using these services [PayPal/Honey] to personalize content and offers...”
  Now
  “we collect your IP address, and standard web log information, such as your browser type and the pages you accessed on our website. We also may collect Geolocation Information”
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- No longer quoted
  Children’s data
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13... In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... ages of 13 and 17 years old”
- No longer quoted
  Terms follow you to parks, stores, and other products
  “The following Consumer Privacy Notice applies to you if you are an individual who resides in the United States and use the Services... Venmo is a service provided by PayPal, Inc.”
- Appeared
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “We do not sell or share your Personal Information, including any Sensitive Personal Information.”
- Appeared
  Liability shifted onto the user
  “Despite our efforts, we cannot guarantee that personal information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of our administrative, managerial and technical safeguards.”
Sep 20, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 7 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- No longer quoted
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your transactions and experiences Yes No”
- Changed
  Children’s data
  Was
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13.”
  Now
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13... In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... ages of 13 and 17 years old”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “We do not respond to DNT signals.”
  Now
  “We do not respond to DNT signals... We may associate information about your transactions and experiences using these services [PayPal/Honey] to personalize content and offers...”
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans to authenticate your account”
  Now
  “Social Security number... Biometric Information... Face scans... Geolocation Information... Longitude and latitude coordinates”
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer...”
- Appeared
  Terms follow you to parks, stores, and other products
  “The following Consumer Privacy Notice applies to you if you are an individual who resides in the United States and use the Services... Venmo is a service provided by PayPal, Inc.”
Sep 15, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 4 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “Geolocation Information - information that identifies with reasonable specificity your location by using... GPS, Wi-Fi, or cell site triangulation.”
  Now
  “We do not respond to DNT signals.”
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “We retain your Personal Information for as long as needed... consistent with applicable law... duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
  Now
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
- Changed
  Children’s data
  Was
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old”
  Now
  “The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13.”
- Changed
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  Was
  “we may disclose Personal Information to partners and merchants to enable their use of our Services... subject to the partners’ and merchants’ own privacy policy”
  Now
  “For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your transactions and experiences Yes No”
Sep 14, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed
Updated · Privacy policy
Venmo privacy policy changed
We quoted 6 wording changes below. The current grade is D.
Wording we could quote
- Changed
  Indefinite retention
  Was
  “Personal Information used for the ongoing relationship between you and Venmo is stored for the duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years, unless we need to keep it longer”
  Now
  “We retain your Personal Information for as long as needed... consistent with applicable law... duration of the relationship plus a period of 10 years”
- Changed
  Location or sensitive-data over-collection
  Was
  “Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans to authenticate your account and manage fraud and risk.”
  Now
  “Biometric Information - when you consent in the user experience, we collect face scans to authenticate your account”
- Changed
  Tracking you across apps
  Was
  “customize, personalize, measure, and improve our services and the content and layout of our website... including showing you location-based promotions and business profiles;”
  Now
  “Geolocation Information - information that identifies with reasonable specificity your location by using... GPS, Wi-Fi, or cell site triangulation.”
- Changed
  Unilateral changes with little or no notice
  Was
  “As the Services evolve we may occasionally update this Privacy Statement... If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days prior notice... otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
  Now
  “otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.”
- Changed
  Children’s data
  Was
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account. We may offer an account holder (“Account Holder”) the opportunity to create a Venmo Teen Account for use by an authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old”
  Now
  “In this section we explain how we handle your data if you use a Venmo Teen Account... authorized individual between the ages of 13 and 17 years old”
- Appeared
  Data sold or shared with third parties
  “we may disclose Personal Information to partners and merchants to enable their use of our Services... subject to the partners’ and merchants’ own privacy policy”
Sep 11, 2026 · D
Company page See what changed

Venmo

If you use this site

Downsides we could quote

Location or sensitive-data over-collection

Indefinite retention

Data sold or shared with third parties

Location or sensitive-data over-collection

Unilateral changes with little or no notice

Tracking you across apps

If these terms already apply to you

News for this company

Venmo privacy policy changed

Venmo privacy policy changed

Venmo privacy policy changed

Venmo privacy policy changed

Venmo privacy policy changed

Venmo privacy policy changed

Venmo privacy policy changed

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