We care about the privacy of our Californian consumers and are committed to collecting, using, storing, protecting, disclosing and sharing your personal information in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). This California Resident Addendum to the Global Privacy Statement (“Addendum”) is applicable to residents of California and, in conjunction with the Global Privacy Statement, is intended to address the requirements of the CCPA.
When you use our Services, we collect personal information about you as permitted by applicable laws and regulations (including but not limited to the Graham Leach Bliley Act). The Categories of Personal Information described below are subject to the CCPA. For more information about the personal information that may have been collected about you, please follow this link to the Global Privacy Statement.
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In the 12 months prior to the effective date of the Global Privacy Statement, Western Union may have collected the below Categories of Personal Information from the indicated Categories of Sources; this information may have been shared with the described Categories of Third Parties for the specified Business Purposes. Categories of Sources, Categories of Third Parties, Commercial Purposes and Business Purposes are further defined in the Global Privacy Statement and below.
Categories of Personal Information | Categories of Sources | Business and Commercial Purposes | Categories of Third Parties |
Identifiers: contact information provided for example your name, postal address, e-mail address, and telephone number; date of birth provided; social profile and network information; IP address; device identifier; mobile ad identifier; cookies; beacons; and pixel tags. | · You · Our Website · Affiliates, Subsidiaries or Vendors · Mobile Applications | · Auditing · Security Purposes · Performing the Services · Quality Purposes · Authentication · Analytics · Web Traffic Analysis · Advertising · Analysis of Promotions · Safety | · Government entities · Professional services organizations · Advertising and social networks · Data analytics providers · Our affiliates and subsidiaries |
Internet and Other Electronic Network Activity Information: including the host from which you access the Internet, information about your device (such as device properties, settings, applications, storage and usage information), mobile application, browser and operating system software, the date and time you access our websites and the address of the site from which you linked to our website when you visit us. | · Your Use of Our Website · Affiliates, Subsidiaries or Vendors · Your Use of Mobile Applications · Social Media Networks or Publicly Available Sources · Advertising Networks | · Auditing · Security Purposes · Debugging · Short Term Use · Performing the Services · Internal R&D · Quality Purposes · Authentication · Analytics · Web Traffic Analysis · Advertising · Analysis of Promotions · Safety | · Government entities · Professional services organizations · Advertising and social networks · Internet service providers · Data analytics providers · Operating systems and platforms · Our affiliates and subsidiaries |
Geolocation Data: may be collected from your devices only if enabled | · Your Use of Mobile Applications | · Auditing · Security Purposes · Short-term use · Internal R&D · Quality Purposes · Safety | · Advertising and social networks · Data analytics providers · Operating systems and platforms |
Categories of Sources: in the 12 months prior to the effective date of the Global Privacy Statement, Western Union may have collected Personal Information about you from the following Categories of Sources:
Business Purposes: in the 12 months prior to the effective date of the Global Privacy Statement, Western Union may have shared your Personal Information for the following Business Purposes:
Categories of Third Parties: in the 12 months prior to the effective date of the Global Privacy Statement, Western Union may have shared your Personal Information with the following Categories of Third Parties:
SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Western Union does not sell your personal information to third parties in exchange for money. Western Union does participate in advertising, marketing and analytic programs from which we and third parties with whom we contract may derive value; such exchanges may constitute a “sale” under applicable law. While participating in the above programs, in the 12 months prior to the effective date of the Global Privacy Statement, Western Union may have “sold” your personal information to a third party including:
CALIFORNIA RESIDENT RIGHTS
California residents have the right to request that their personal information not be sold to third parties. To exercise your right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, please follow this link [URL] or submit a personal information request as described above in the section of our Global Privacy Statement entitled “ACCESSING, DELETING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CHANGING YOUR CHOICES”.
In addition, if you are a California resident, you may have the right to request, twice in a 12-month period, the categories of personal information we have collected about you during the past 12 months and, for each category of personal information, the following information:
You also may have the right to request the deletion of the personal information we have collected from you. Once you have confirmed you are a California resident, you may submit a personal information request in accordance with the Global Privacy Statement section entitled “ACCESSING, DELETING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CHANGING YOUR CHOICES” twice in any 12-month period. Upon receiving a request, Western Union will confirm receipt of the request within 10 days and will provide information on how we will verify your identity and process your request. We will then respond to the request within 45 days.
Western Union cannot connect individual consumers to passive website visits, which may affect our ability to respond to certain requests. Western Union has implemented the capability for you to manage cookies on our websites and will only read or write cookies based on your preference level. When you visit our website, you will be presented with a banner instructing you how to manage your preferences.
You may also designate an authorized agent to make a personal information request on your behalf. If you choose to designate an agent, you may be required to provide the authorized agent with written permission to make your request and verify your own identity directly with us. We may deny a request from an agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf.
You have the right not to be discriminated against because you exercise any right described in the Global Privacy Statement or this Addendum.
If you have previously transacted with Western Union, you have rights separate from those described above which are explained here.
CONTACT
Contact for More Information: for questions or concerns about our Global Privacy Statement and privacy practices, please contact us as specified in the “Contacting Us” section of the Global Privacy Statement.
CCPA REPORT METRICS
The following summary provides California residents’ data request volumes for calendar year 2023:
Data requests received: 158
Data Request complied with in whole or in part: 120
Data Requests Denied or Closed:
Average time (days) to respond: