The Costco privacy policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, and disclose information about you. We respect your privacy and want you to know how we collect and use your information. This Privacy Policy explains our practices in connection with information that we or our service providers collect when you or others interact with Costco through one of our websites, mobile applications, or other online locations.
What Is Costco’s Privacy Policy? What Can Costco Do Personal Information?
Costco is a multi-billion dollar company that is known for being a great place to shop. But, Costco is also known for their strict privacy policy.
Costco is a membership-only warehouse club that sells groceries, electronics, home improvement items and more at low prices. The company was founded in 1983 in Seattle and now has over 700 stores worldwide.
Costco’s Privacy Policy
Costco’s Privacy Policy states that they collect personal information when you make purchases and when you sign up for their membership. The company also collects information when you visit their website, use their mobile app or otherwise interact with them online. This information can include:
- Your name
- Address
- Email address
- Phone number
- Credit card number
- Birth date
What Is The Purpose Of Costco’s Privacy Policy?
Costco’s Privacy Policy states that it collects personal information from its customers for marketing purposes. The company also uses your information to improve its services and provide benefits to you. The privacy policy explains how Costco uses this information, what choices you have, and how to contact Costco if you have any questions or concerns about your privacy rights.
Costco’s Privacy Policy is important because it explains how the company handles your sensitive information when you sign up for a membership card or use certain services like online shopping or electronic coupons. This policy also explains what happens if you choose not to give out certain types of personal information when filling out an application form or registering on their website.
How Does Costco Protect The Data It Collects On Its Customers?
Here are some of the ways that Costco protects your data:
Data encryption: All data stored in our systems is encrypted using industry standard algorithms (AES 256/SHA2). This protects your information from unauthorized access by third parties who may attempt to intercept or monitor it as it travels over the Internet or other networks.
Encrypted cloud storage: We use multiple cloud providers for hosting our services and storing our customer information. All data is encrypted when stored in these systems and decrypted only when needed for processing.
The Costco Entities will not share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing or other purposes without first obtaining your consent.
The Costco Entities reserve the right to disclose your personal information:
- To comply with any legal process, such as a subpoena;
- At the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation;
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect against fraud or security risk;
- In connection with an actual or potential sale or transfer of all or part of our business or assets; and/or
- If we reasonably believe it is necessary to enforce our Terms & Conditions or Privacy Policy.
What Data Does Costco Collect? What Information About To Collect?
Costco collects a lot of data on its customers’ purchases, which it uses to understand customer buying habits and preferences. The retailer also tracks non-purchase behaviors, including how much time customers spend browsing or shopping in store or online, when they visit the store or website and which locations they visit most frequently.
Costco has an online shopping portal where you can purchase products directly from the company. This data collected can be used to optimize your shopping experience by providing recommendations based on your previous purchases or browsing history.
Conclusion
Costco is committed to protecting your privacy. We have a Privacy Policy that describes how we collect, use and share information about our members, customers and other stakeholders.
FAQ’s About Costco’s Privacy Policy
Costco’s Privacy Policy sets out the terms under which we use and protect any personal information you provide to us.
Your name, address, email address and phone number.
Information about your visit, including products purchased and any customer service inquiries.
We use your personal data to enable you to shop at Costco stores, enter into a contract with Costco or purchase products online, to manage our relationship with you, to fulfill orders and offers made by us (such as special pricing or discounts), improve our services, respond to customer requests for information about products or services offered by us or third parties, administer surveys and promotions or otherwise provide customer service.
We will not share your personal information with third parties.
We will not sell your information to any other company.
We will not use your information for marketing purposes unless you choose to opt-in.
We want our members to be informed about us and our activities. We also want to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure.
The Privacy Policy became effective on June 7, 2015. Any changes to the policy will be posted here on this page for your review before the changes take effect.
You can find more information about our practices in other areas that are important to you by visiting our privacy center at costcocares.com/privacy or by contacting us at 1-800-774-2678 (U.S.) or 1-800-927-7777 (Canada).
