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How Western Union collects information

Western Union collects information about you from a variety of sources which are listed ‎in detail in our Privacy Statement. You consent to Western Union’s collection, transfer and ‎storage of information by computers or other transfer or storage devices in the United ‎States and elsewhere when you supply information.‎

We collect information you supply when: (a) you ask us or one of our affiliates to send ‎or receive money, or to provide other goods or services, (b) you submit information on ‎applications or other forms to us or our affiliates, or (c) you otherwise submit information ‎to us, our affiliates or others, ‎ We collect information about your transfers with us, our affiliates or others.‎‎

We may collect information about you from a variety of third party sources such as our ‎business clients, government agencies and consumer reporting agencies and other ‎suppliers of information.‎

We collect information about your online activity together with information about the ‎domain and host you use to access the internet; your computer’s internet address; the ‎browser and operating system software you use; the date and time you access our ‎website and the internet address used to link to our website when you visit us.‎

Please read our Privacy Statement for details.‎

Fraud Hotline

If you believe you may be a victim of fraud, call the Western Union Fraud Hotline number at:
1800 448 1492

Forward any suspicious
emails to:
spoof@westernunion.com

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