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"We may permit third-party service providers to collect and process some information from our digital properties through these or other automated means. We may share personal information with those providers and may have similar arrangements with interest-based advertisers. We may also share personal information in connection with co-branded product or service offerings (including sharing personal information with business partners to validate offers)."

Best Buy permits third-party service providers and advertisers to collect data directly from users via cookies, pixels, and tags on their properties, and shares personal information broadly with partners for co-branded offerings.

"We may collect information about your digital interactions with us including, for example: Type of device and/or browser you're using, IP address, IMEI/UDID (a numeric identifier for your mobile device), MAC address, IDFA (Apple's ID for advertising, a randomly generated number), AAID (Google Android's unique ID for advertising). Our digital properties are not designed to respond to "do not track" requests from browsers."

Best Buy collects multiple persistent device identifiers (IMEI, MAC address, IDFA, AAID) and explicitly ignores Do Not Track signals, enabling cross-device and cross-service tracking.

"We may collect information about your digital interactions with us including, for example: Location information. We may use location information collected by a digital property to, for example, help you locate the closest Best Buy store, use special mobile features within some of our stores, or provide you with personalized content, information, or notices (including, but not limited to, notices that may be required by law based on your location)."

Best Buy collects location information through its apps and digital properties, and acknowledges that even adjusting device settings does not completely eliminate location tracking since they can derive location from IP addresses.

"Fingerprints (when required by law for fraud detection in connection with Best Buy's product trade-in program). Facial or wrist geometry (for example, if you choose to use Best Buy's virtual try-on tool, with your permission your camera will scan your facial or wrist geometry). Certain stores may also collect biometric information such as facial recognition data (for example, we may use images from security cameras to protect the health and safety of our customers)."

Best Buy collects biometric data including fingerprints, facial geometry, wrist geometry, and in-store facial recognition, plus extensive device identifiers like IMEI, MAC address, and advertising IDs.

"We may need to update our Privacy Policy as we and our customers grow and evolve. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of posting a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective, as well as inform you of any choices you may have with respect to these changes."

Best Buy reserves the right to change the privacy policy at will. While they promise notification for material changes, there is no requirement for affirmative consent — continued use after notification constitutes acceptance.

"Deletion: You can ask us to delete certain personal information we have about you by submitting a deletion request. Exceptions apply. Additionally, even if we are able to anonymize or make content or information no longer visible on our digital properties at your request, this cannot ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information from the internet."

The policy provides no specific data retention timelines and notes that deletion requests have exceptions and cannot guarantee comprehensive removal of information.