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Source-backed from Coinbase Global Privacy Policy

This report covers the Coinbase Global Privacy Policy and the separate United States Privacy Notice (last updated February 26, 2026) that the policy points United States residents to. It does not cover the U.S. Financial Privacy Notice, which the United States notice points to for your rights under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Coinbase’s Cookies Policy, or the Privacy Rights Dashboard and “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” pages themselves; these were not reviewed for this report.

104
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
10
verified controls

4 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 1 finding
  • Camera & Photos 3 findings
  • Contacts 1 finding
  • Biometrics 4 findings
  • Sensitive Data 17 findings
  • Tracking 1 finding
  • Advertising & Profiling 10 findings
  • Sharing 25 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 32 findings
  • Other 10 findings

3 findings, in full

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

Biometrics No direct setting Coinbase collects biometric information from your photos or videos so it can verify you

What this means

Coinbase says it collects biometric information generated from photos or videos you provide, so it can verify your identity.

Coinbase collects biometric information generated from photos or videos you provide so it can verify your identity.

Why this matters

Biometric information comes from your body, and you cannot change it the way you change a password.

What the policy says

Biometric information generated based on photos or videos you provide in order for us to verify your identity

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

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

A broader option is available

Depending on where you live, you may be able to request to erase your personal information, subject to applicable law.

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.

Advertising & Profiling No verified control Coinbase may analyze public blockchain data, including wallet addresses and amounts

What this means

Coinbase says it may analyze public blockchain data, including timestamps of transactions or events, transaction IDs, digital signatures, transaction amounts and wallet addresses.

Coinbase may analyze public blockchain data, including transaction amounts, transaction IDs and wallet addresses.

Why this matters

Records on a public blockchain can show how crypto moves, and Coinbase may study them.

What the policy says

We may analyze public blockchain data, including timestamps of transactions or events, transaction IDs, digital signatures, transaction amounts, and wallet addresses

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What you can do

No verified user-facing control found.

In the Coinbase documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that directly changes this practice, or a wider option that reaches it.

Location Privacy control available If you enable the device setting, Coinbase collects your GPS location

What this means

Coinbase says it collects information you allow it to receive through device-based settings you enable, such as access to your GPS location, and uses it to provide the features or services described when you enable the setting.

If you enable the device setting, Coinbase collects your GPS location to provide the features described when you enable it.

Why this matters

Turning the setting on gives Coinbase your GPS location for the features it describes.

What the policy says

Collecting information that you allow us to receive through the device-based settings you enable (such as access to your GPS location, camera or photos) which we use to provide the features or services described when you enable the setting.

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What you can do

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  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Controls & Permissions 2
  • Sensitive Data 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Biometrics 1
  • Camera & Photos 1
  • Contacts 1
  • Other 1

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  • Camera & Photos 2 more
  • Biometrics 2 more
  • Sensitive Data 15 more
  • Tracking 1 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 7 more
  • Sharing 23 more
  • Controls & Permissions 30 more
  • Other 9 more

  • Complete report

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

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    10 verified privacy controls, 3 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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