Global Privacy Notice (with US Privacy Addendum and California Privacy Notice)

Mastercard · agreement dated June 16, 2026 · Official agreement

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Security & Safeguards · Company practice

Fraud tools may use how you type, move and scroll

Mastercard says some of its online products and services include advanced fraud prevention technology that uses behavioral-based data or biometric information, giving as examples keystroke timing, device accelerometer, scroll position and mouse location.

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Why
Fraud prevention
What it covers
Keystroke timing, device accelerometer, scroll position, mouse location

Supporting quotations

some of our online products and services include advanced fraud prevention technology using behavioral-based data or biometric information, such as keystroke timing, device accelerometer, scroll position and mouse-location.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies to "some" online products and services, not all, and the examples are introduced with "such as".

Not stated here

  • The notice does not say which products use this technology or how long the data is kept.

Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

Mastercard requires privacy and security protections in third-party agreements

Mastercard says that before transferring or sharing any Personal Information (including access to it) it requires appropriate privacy and information security protections in agreements with third parties. It says it operates a comprehensive Third Party Risk Management Program and performs appropriate due diligence as part of it.

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What it does
Require privacy and information security protections in agreements; run a Third Party Risk Management Program with due diligence

Supporting quotations

Prior to the transfer or sharing of any Personal Information (including access to Personal Information), we require appropriate privacy and information security protections in agreements with third parties.
We operate a comprehensive Third Party Risk Management Program and we perform appropriate due diligence as part thereof

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Stated for transfer or sharing with third parties; the notice does not say what protections are "appropriate".

Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

Mastercard says it keeps reasonable safeguards and uses SSL on some websites

Mastercard says it maintains appropriate security safeguards to protect your Personal Information. It says it maintains reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the Personal Information you provide or it collects against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use, and that it uses SSL encryption on a number of its websites from which it transfers certain Personal Information.

Details
What it does
Maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards; use SSL encryption on a number of websites

Supporting quotations

We maintain appropriate security safeguards to protect your Personal Information
We maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the Personal Information you provide or we collect against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.
We use SSL encryption on a number of our websites from which we transfer certain Personal Information.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The safeguards are "reasonable" and "designed to" protect, which is not a guarantee against all loss or access; SSL encryption is stated for "a number of" websites, not all.

Not stated here

  • The notice does not say which websites use SSL encryption or what other security measures exist.
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Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

After a security breach Mastercard says it assesses harm and follows legal reporting duties

Mastercard says that in the event of a breach of its security safeguards it will assess the extent of harm (if any) to individuals and comply with reporting and notification obligations in accordance with the applicable law. The notice does not promise notification beyond what applicable law requires.

Details
What it does
Assess the extent of harm to individuals; comply with reporting and notification obligations
Condition
Breach of security safeguards

Supporting quotations

In the event of a breach of our security safeguards, we will assess the extent of harm (if any) to individuals, and comply with reporting and notification obligations in accordance with the applicable law.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Reporting and notification are tied to "the applicable law".

Not stated here

  • The notice does not give a notification deadline or say which individuals would be told.