Amazon Privacy Notice

Amazon · agreement dated June 30, 2026 · Official agreement

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Personal information is used against fraud and abuse, and may be used for credit risk scoring

Amazon uses personal information to prevent and detect fraud and abuse to protect the security of customers, Amazon and others. It may also use scoring methods to assess and manage credit risks; the notice says "may", so credit scoring is not stated to apply to every customer.

Supporting quotations

We use personal information to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in order to protect
We may also use scoring methods to assess and manage credit risks.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Credit risk scoring is stated as something Amazon may do.

Not stated here

  • Which scoring methods are used and when is not stated.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Amazon gets credit history from credit bureaus for fraud prevention and credit offers

Amazon receives credit history information from credit bureaus, which it uses to help prevent and detect fraud and to offer certain credit or financial services to some customers.

Supporting quotations

credit history information from credit bureaus, which we use to help prevent and detect
fraud and to offer certain credit or financial services to some customers.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Credit or financial service offers apply to some customers.

Not stated here

  • Which customers or services trigger a credit bureau check is not stated.