Amazon Shopping
Moderate overall compliance, with 2 red flags.
The policy scores 68 out of 100 and is graded D. It describes collecting 8 categories of personal data. 5 topics a privacy policy is expected to cover are not addressed.
Source policy: www.amazon.com
68Moderate
- Privacy grade
- Grade D
- Overall score
- 68/100
- Data categories
- 8 collected
- Third parties
- 0 shared
- Red flags
- 2 found
Critical attention required
Red flags identified
Our analysis flagged 2 points of concern in Amazon Shopping's privacy policy: Unilateral Policy Changes and Vague Language and Ambiguity.
Unilateral Policy Changes
Analyze outcome:
2/27
The company can change the privacy policy at any time without notifying users.
Vague Language and Ambiguity
Analyze outcome:
2/27
Use of broad or unclear terms that provide the service with excessive leeway in data handling.
What data is collected?
8 of 16Categories of personal data the policy says are collected.
User Online Activities
Information about how users interact with a website or application, such as browsing history, search queries, and usage patterns.
Financial
Encompasses payment information, transaction history, credit card details, and financial account details.
Computer Information
IP address, browser type and version, operating system, and device identifiers.
Cookies and Tracking Elements
Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies used to track user behavior and preferences online.
Contact Information
Phone numbers, email addresses, and other contact points.
Purchase and Order History
Specific financial information detailing items bought or services contracted.
Location
GPS data, IP address-based location, and other geolocation data.
Personal Identifier
Data that can be used to identify an individual, such as name, email address, phone number, and government-issued IDs.
Purpose of data collection
8 of 10Understand why your data is requested.
Legal Compliance
Organizations may need to collect data to comply with legal obligations, such as maintaining records for regulatory purposes or responding to legal requests.
Transaction Processing
Personal and payment information is often collected to process transactions and manage billing for services or products.
Analytics and Improvement
Data is used to analyze how users interact with a service or product. This helps in improving user experience, addressing issues, and making informed business decisions.
Personalization
To enhance user experience, data might be collected to personalize content, recommendations, and features based on individual preferences and behaviors.
Service Provision
Data is often collected to provide and improve the services or products that users have requested. This could involve using personal data for account creation, service delivery, or customer support.
Security and Fraud Prevention
Information might be collected to protect against and detect fraud, unauthorized activities, and other security threats.
Communication
Organizations often collect contact information to communicate with users, such as sending transactional emails, updates, newsletters, or responding to inquiries.
Marketing and Advertising
With user consent, data may be used for marketing purposes, such as targeting advertisements or promotions to users who might find them relevant.
Mobile app permission concerns
2Based on the permissions the application requests, beyond what the policy states it collects.
User Profile
Information users provide to create a profile, which might include a username, bio, preferences, etc.
Demographic
Data such as age, gender, ethnicity, and possibly education level or employment status.
Your rights
3 of 7 grantedWhat the policy says about your data protection rights.
- Right to access your dataYes
- Right to erasureYes
- Right to correct your dataYes
- Right to data portabilityNot stated
- Right to object to processingNot stated
- Right to restrict processingNot stated
- Right to withdraw consentNot stated
What the policy does not address
5Topics a privacy policy is expected to cover that this one leaves out.
- How long data is kept
- Right to data portability
- Right to object to processing
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to withdraw consent
Security measures applied to protect the data
3 of 11Technical and organisational safeguards the policy describes for protecting your data.
Secure User Authentication
Accounts are protected by measures such as strong passwords, two-factor authentication or secure session handling.
Secure Data Transfer
Data is protected while it moves between devices and servers, typically over encrypted connections.
Secure Data Storage
Personal data is kept in protected systems, such as secured data centers or encrypted databases.
When will users be notified about privacy policy changes
1 of 8Circumstances that trigger user notification regarding updates to data handling practices.
Business Changes
Changes to the organization itself, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, that may affect how data is handled.
How will users be notified about privacy policy changes
1 of 8The channels and methods used to communicate privacy policy updates to users.
Update in Privacy Policy Document
The revised policy is published, usually with a new "last updated" date, and users are expected to check it themselves.
Legal basis for data processing
1 of 6The lawful grounds under which your personal data is collected and processed.
Legal Obligation
Processing is needed to comply with a law the organization is subject to.
Children's data
What the policy says about collecting data from children.
Addresses data from children
Whether the policy specifically covers how data from children and minors is handled.
Yes
Collects data from children
Whether the policy says the service collects personal data from children.
Yes
Minimum age
The age below which the policy says personal data is not collected.
13 years
Age for consent
The age the policy gives for obtaining consent to process a child's data.
18 years
Contact information
Reach out to the data controller for questions, requests, or concerns about your personal data.
Email
- contact our Customer Service
Phone number
- N/A
Website
- N/A
Address
- N/A
Company name
- Amazon
About this application
- Platform
- Android
- Application id
- com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping
- Category
- Shopping
- Store listing
- Store page