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Source-backed from Walgreens Privacy & Security Policy

118
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
22
verified controls

9 of them depend on where you live.

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 4 findings
  • Camera & Photos 1 finding
  • Microphone & Audio 1 finding
  • Biometrics 2 findings
  • Sensitive Data 6 findings
  • Tracking 10 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 11 findings
  • Sharing 16 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 52 findings
  • Other 15 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Sensitive Data For California residents, Walgreens lists sensitive personal information it collected, including information concerning your health

What this means

In its section for California residents, Walgreens lists the sensitive personal information it collected in the prior 12 months, such as driver's license, state identification card or passport number, precise geolocation (within a radius of 1,850 feet), information on racial or ethnic origin, username and password for its websites, and information concerning your health.

For California residents, Walgreens lists sensitive personal information it collected in the prior 12 months, such as driver's license, state ID or passport number, precise geolocation (within 1,850 feet), racial or ethnic origin, website login credentials, and health information.

Why this matters

For Californians, identity document numbers, ethnic origin and location within about 1,850 feet are among what Walgreens says it collected in the 12 months before its policy.

What the policy says

Sensitive Personal Information: such as driver's license, state identification card, or passport number, precise geolocation (within a radius of 1,850 feet), information on racial or ethnic origin, username and password for our websites, and information concerning your health.

From Walgreens Privacy & Security Policy

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What you can do

A verified control changes how this information is used or seen, where it is available to you. It does not stop it being collected.

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Controls & Permissions Depending on your state, you may opt out of Walgreens' targeted advertising, sale and profiling

What this means

In its State Privacy Laws section, Walgreens says that, depending on your state of residence, you may have the right to opt out of the use and disclosure of your personal data for targeted advertising, sale and profiling, and you may also have the right to opt out of the processing of your sensitive data.

Depending on your state of residence, you may have the right to opt out of the use and disclosure of your personal data for targeted advertising, sale and profiling, and possibly of the processing of your sensitive data.

Why this matters

Living in one of the states Walgreens lists may give you a way to stop your data being used for targeted ads, sale or profiling.

What the policy says

Right to Opt-Out. You may have the right to opt out of the use and disclosure of your Personal Data for purposes of targeted advertising, sale, and profiling. Depending on your State of residence, you may also have the right to opt-out of the processing of your Sensitive Data.

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What you can do

A privacy right lets you act on this, where it is available to you.

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Biometrics No direct setting When you use its services, Walgreens may collect facial scans for safety, security and product features

What this means

Walgreens says the information it collects when you use its services may include biometric information, such as facial scans for safety, security and product feature purposes.

The information Walgreens collects when you use its services may include biometric information, such as facial scans for safety, security and product feature purposes.

Why this matters

Your face can become information Walgreens holds, for product features as well as safety and security.

What the policy says

Biometric Information: such as facial scans for safety, security, and product feature purposes.

From Walgreens Privacy & Security Policy

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

In the Walgreens documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.

A broader option is available

California residents and, depending on their state, residents of the listed states may request deletion, subject to exceptions; the policy names no request specific to biometric information.

That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.

12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Location 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Camera & Photos 1
  • Controls & Permissions 1
  • Microphone & Audio 1
  • Other 1
  • Sensitive Data 1
  • Tracking 1

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  • Location 2 more
  • Biometrics 1 more
  • Sensitive Data 4 more
  • Tracking 9 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 9 more
  • Sharing 14 more
  • Controls & Permissions 50 more
  • Other 14 more

  • Complete report

    103 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

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