U.S. Social Security Number Policy

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We have implemented reasonable technical, physical and administrative safeguards to help protect sensitive personal information from unlawful use and unauthorized disclosure. All Visa workers are required to follow these established safeguards, which include the following:</p> <ul> <li>Access to sensitive personal information is limited to those workers and service providers who have a need to access the information to perform tasks for Visa. Sensitive personal information is only disclosed to third parties in accordance with Visa established privacy and security policy.</li> <li>Visa will only disclose sensitive personal information (1) to those service providers, auditors, advisors and/or successors in interest who are legally or contractually obligated to protect them, or (2) as required or permitted by law.</li> </ul> <p>If you have any questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:privacy@visa.com">privacy@visa.com</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="richtext section"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/etc/ui/headless-ui/styles/core/1.0.0/assets/styles/vcom/rte/rte.css" media="print" onload="this.media='all'"/> <div class="vs-mb-3 vs-text cmp-txt "> <p class="cmp-text__paragraph"></p> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/etc.clientlibs/cms-rest/clientlibs/modal.min.js"></script> <div data-gtm-card-title="modal" class="vs-modal-parent"> <div class="vs-generic-modal vs-d-none" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="modal-title" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="vs-modal-background vs-alt"></div> <div class="modal__content vs-modal-container vs-max"> <div class="vs-modal-content vs-px-0"> <div class="vs-modal-header modal__header vs-d-inline"> <div class="vs-row vs-mx-0"> <div class="vs-col-11 vs-align-self-center"> <h2 class="vs-text vs-align-left vs-alt vs-ml-2 vs-mb-1" id="modal-title"></h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vs-row vs-mx-0"> <div class="vs-col-12 vs-p-0 modal--body"></div> </div> <button id="modal_close_btn" type="button" class="visa-icon visa-icon-close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <div> <footer id="vs-navigation-footer" role="contentinfo"></footer> </div>  <script src="/etc.clientlibs/rvcom/rvcom-clientlibs/global.min.js"></script> <script defer src="/etc/ui/headless-ui/scripts/core/analytics.js"></script> <link rel="preload" href="//usa.visa.com/etc/ui/headless-ui/styles/core/1.0.0/assets/styles/vcom/vcom.css" as="style"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//usa.visa.com/etc/ui/headless-ui/styles/core/1.0.0/assets/styles/vcom/vcom.css" media="print" onload="this.media='all'"/> <link rel="preload" href="//usa.visa.com/etc/ui/headless-ui/styles/core/1.0.0/assets/styles/global/themes/classic/classic.css" as="style"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//usa.visa.com/etc/ui/headless-ui/styles/core/1.0.0/assets/styles/global/themes/classic/classic.css" media="print" onload="this.media='all'"/> <link rel="preload" href="//usa.visa.com/etc/ui/headless-ui/styles/core/1.0.0/assets/styles/global/navigation.css" as="style"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//usa.visa.com/etc/ui/headless-ui/styles/core/1.0.0/assets/styles/global/navigation.css" media="print" onload="this.media='all'"/> <script src="/etc.clientlibs/rvcom/rvcom-clientlibs/rvcom/tealium.min.js"></script>  <input type="hidden" class="tealiumEnvCode" value="prod"/> <input type="hidden" class="tealiumRegionCode" value="visa-com"/>  <input type="hidden" class="pageType" value="Content"/> <input type="hidden" class="topic"/> <input type="hidden" class="primarytags" value="OtherBusinessPriority:LegallyRequired"/> <input type="hidden" class="businesspriority" value="OtherBusinessPriority:LegallyRequired"/> <input type="hidden" class="audienceTag" value="Audience:General"/> <input type="hidden" class="pageTypeContent" value="PageType:Legal"/> <input type="hidden" class="userMotivation" value="Learn about rules, compliance and regulatory information"/>     </body> </html>

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