Refer and Earn Terms and Conditions

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Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Data Surfshark collects to track referrals and work out Rewards

To track each user's referrals and decide and calculate Rewards, Surfshark says it will collect the date the referred user purchased a subscription, the referred user's subscription status, the Reward the referring user is entitled to (extension of months or monetary reward, and the amount), the number of friends subscribed and the total amount of money earned.

Supporting quotations

To track each user‘s referrals, determine eligibility for reward and calculate it, we will collect information about when the referred user purchased a subscription (date), what the referred user’s subscription status is, what reward the referring user is entitled to (reward type – extension of months or monetary reward and the amount of it), the number of friends subscribed, the total amount of money earned.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Purpose is tracking referrals, determining eligibility and calculating Rewards.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say whether the referred user's name or email is part of what is collected, or how long this data is kept.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Personal data Surfshark collects to process payouts

To facilitate and process payouts, Surfshark says it will collect the user's personal data, such as their full name, PayPal email, country and payout currency and sum. If the user's Reward is free months, Surfshark will collect the number of free months awarded instead of payout amounts.

Supporting quotations

To facilitate and process payouts, Surfshark will collect user’s personal data such as full name, Paypal email, country, payout (currency, sum) or, if the user’s reward type is free months, the number of free months the user will be rewarded.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The list is introduced with "such as," so it is not stated to be complete.
  • The collection is for facilitating and processing payouts.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say whether this data is shared with PayPal or anyone else, or how long it is kept; it points to the Privacy Policy, which was not supplied.