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squareup.com · Payment processing · checked 2026-10-10

35/100EBand E

Rank 10 of 32 in Payment processing, where the median is 22.

Public transparency score, not a product or security rating. Latest check: 2026-10-10. How the score works.

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Overview

6 days since the newest dated result, 6 since the oldest. 12 of 12 criteria have a measured result in the last 30 days. Failed checks and undated results are excluded.

Evidence freshness is a statement about our measurement and is kept apart from the transparency score, which is frozen at v1. How good our own measurement is.

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Square

squareup.com · Payment processing

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
E 35of 100 Rank 10 of 32

Published commitments3 of 9 found

Measured behaviour1 of 3 found

Checked 2026-10-10. Every line links the page we found it on. A cross means we found nothing at the addresses we checked, not that the vendor has no such document. A transparency score, not a product rating.

Downloads include all checks, source URLs, dates and the snapshot ID for your procurement file. We do not issue badges.

The label is the whole measurement in one object: every criterion with its weight, the band, and the date. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.

Every line in it links the page we found the result on, or lists the addresses we checked. A cross means we found nothing there, not that Square has no such document.

Where Square sits in Payment processing

  1. A0 0%
  2. B1 3%
  3. C0 0%
  4. D6 19%
  5. E7 22%
  6. F18 56%
32 vendors with a score; 5 more without a score because we could measure too little. Bands have fixed thresholds, see how the score works.

The band of Square is marked. Vendors without a score are the ones where we could measure too few criteria to rank them – a gap on our side, counted separately.

What Square states

The exact figures and names we read off the pages linked below, with the sentence they stand in. This is what they publish, not what we verified about their systems.

Gaps, heaviest first

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Data processing agreement (DPA)

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No data processing agreement found.

Checked 8 addresses on 2026-10-10.

Show the 8 addresses we checked
  1. https://squareup.com/legal/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://squareup.com/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://squareup.com/legal/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://squareup.com/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://squareup.com/legal/data-processing-addendum – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://squareup.com/legal/gdpr – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://squareup.com/trust/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  8. https://squareup.com/privacy/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Data processing agreement in Payment processing: 7 of 33 companies

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Subprocessors: the published list

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No subprocessor list found.

Checked 7 addresses on 2026-10-10.

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://squareup.com/legal/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://squareup.com/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://squareup.com/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://squareup.com/legal/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://squareup.com/trust/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://squareup.com/privacy/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://squareup.com/legal/subprocessor-list – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Subprocessor list in Payment processing: 1 of 32 companies

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Status page with incident history

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No public status page found.

Checked 3 addresses on 2026-10-10.

Show the 3 addresses we checked
  1. https://status.squareup.com/ – Could not be fetched: fetch failed.
  2. https://squareup.com/status – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://squareup.com.statuspage.io/ – Could not be fetched: fetch failed.

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Across the market: Status page with history in Payment processing: 11 of 36 companies

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Third-party requests seen on the first load, before any interaction.

  • Third-party hosts we saw on the first load 3 cookielaw.org, ctfassets.net, squarecdn.com.
    Show the 3 exact wordings

    cdn.cookielaw.org

    Read at https://squareup.com/

    images.ctfassets.net

    Read at https://squareup.com/

    campaign-hub-production-f.squarecdn.com, cash-f.squarecdn.com, pw-assets-production-c.squarecdn.com, pw-renderer-production-c.squarecdn.com, pwt-production-c.squarecdn.com, square-fonts-production-f.s...

    Read at https://squareup.com/

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-10.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://squareup.com/ – third-party requests before any interaction: campaign-hub-production-f.squarecdn.com, cash-f.squarecdn.com, cdn.cookielaw.org, images.ctfassets.net, pw-assets-production-c.squarecdn.com, pw-renderer-production-c.squarecdn.com, pwt-production-c.squarecdn.com, square-fonts-production-f.squarecdn.com

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Across the market: No third-party tracking before consent in Payment processing: 2 of 36 companies

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Notice before subprocessors change

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No commitment to give notice before subprocessors change found.

Checked 8 addresses on 2026-10-10.

Show the 8 addresses we checked
  1. https://squareup.com/legal/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://squareup.com/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://squareup.com/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://squareup.com/legal/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://squareup.com/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://squareup.com/legal/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://squareup.com/trust/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  8. https://squareup.com/legal/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Notice before subprocessors change in Payment processing: 4 of 33 companies

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Uptime SLA with a figure

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No uptime figure found.

Checked 6 addresses on 2026-10-10.

Show the 6 addresses we checked
  1. https://squareup.com/legal/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://squareup.com/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://squareup.com/legal/service-level-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://squareup.com/trust/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://squareup.com/uptime – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://squareup.com/legal/uptime-sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Uptime SLA with a figure in Payment processing: 0 of 33 companies

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security.txt (RFC 9116)

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No security.txt found.

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-10.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://squareup.com/.well-known/security.txt – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: security.txt (RFC 9116) in Payment processing: 9 of 31 companies

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Named privacy contact (DPO or privacy address)

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We found this behind a sign-in, so it is not published openly.

Seen at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy · checked 2026-10-10

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://squareup.com/legal/privacy – found, but behind a sign-in
  2. https://squareup.com/privacy – found, but behind a sign-in
  3. https://squareup.com/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://squareup.com/legal/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://squareup.com/legal/privacy-notice – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://squareup.com/trust/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://squareup.com/datenschutz – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Named privacy contact in Payment processing: 13 of 32 companies

Evidence

The full source lists sit behind these two groups, so that the answer above stays readable.

Published, with a source 4
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Data location: where they say data is hosted

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The hosting location is stated on a public page.

  • Locations named next to the hosting wording Australia (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), European Union, Japan, United Kingdom, United States. This does not establish the company’s headquarters. The sentence we kept does not carry this finding on its own, so it counts in no list and no figure.
    Show the 5 exact wordings

    rocessed and stored in the United States; however, your personal information may be transferred and stored in any jurisdiction where we do business, including the United Kingdom, the European Union, A...

    Read at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy

    rocessed and stored in the United States; however, your personal information may be transferred and stored in any jurisdiction where we do business, including the United Kingdom, the European Union, A...

    Read at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy

    We are unable to specify all possible jurisdictions Personal Data of users of Square services in Japan would be transferred or stored, as service providers use multiple servers located in multiple jur...

    Read at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy

    rocessed and stored in the United States; however, your personal information may be transferred and stored in any jurisdiction where we do business, including the United Kingdom, the European Union, A...

    Read at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy

    Your personal information will primarily be processed and stored in the United States; however, your personal information may be transferred and stored in any jurisdiction where we do b

    Read at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy

Source: https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy · checked 2026-10-10

Across the market: Data location stated in Payment processing: 5 of 32 companies

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Public pricing with figures

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Actual numbers on a public page.

Source: https://squareup.com/us/en/pricing · checked 2026-10-10

Across the market: Public pricing in Payment processing: 17 of 33 companies

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HTTPS enforced with HSTS

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HTTP redirects to HTTPS and the HSTS header is set.

  • HSTS max-age 631152000 seconds (7305 days).
    Show the exact wording

    max-age=631152000; includeSubDomains; preload

    Read at https://squareup.com/
  • HSTS options includeSubDomains, preload.
    Show the 2 exact wordings

    max-age=631152000; includeSubDomains; preload

    Read at https://squareup.com/

    max-age=631152000; includeSubDomains; preload

    Read at https://squareup.com/

Source: https://squareup.com/ · checked 2026-10-10

Across the market: HTTPS enforced with HSTS in Payment processing: 30 of 36 companies

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Certifications named (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

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SOC 2 or ISO 27001 named on a public page.

  • Named on that page ISO/IEC 27001.
    Show the exact wording

    Credentials ISO 27001 certified PCI Data Security Standard, Level 1 Our security platform doesn’t sleep, so you can Secur

    Read at https://squareup.com/us/en/payments/secure

Source: https://squareup.com/us/en/payments/secure · checked 2026-10-10

Across the market: Certifications named in Payment processing: 8 of 33 companies

History

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A source is a starting point. Check the product, plan, legal entity and date before treating it as evidence for your purchase. These questions do not change the transparency score.

Square

4 found · 8 not found · 0 not measured across 12 public checks.

12 of 12 criteria have a measured result from the last 30 days. Oldest dated result: 2026-10-10.

Investigate 8 open evidence questions
  1. Data processing agreement

    Please share the current data processing agreement for the product and plan we are considering, including its annexes and signing process.

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  2. Subprocessor list

    Which subprocessors apply to our product, what does each process, and in which countries? Please share the current list.

    Inspect this check
  3. Status page with history

    Where can we review incident history for the service we will use, and how do we subscribe to incident updates?

    Inspect this check
  4. Uptime SLA with a figure

    Which availability commitment applies to our plan? Please include the measurement window, exclusions and credit claim process.

    Inspect this check
  5. No third-party tracking before consent

    Which third-party requests occur before a visitor makes a choice, and for what purpose? Please distinguish the public website from the product.

    Inspect this check
  6. security.txt (RFC 9116)

    Where should we report a vulnerability, and what acknowledgement and follow-up process should we expect?

    Inspect this check
  7. Notice before subprocessors change

    How will you notify us before a subprocessor changes, with how much notice, and what response options apply to our contract?

    Inspect this check
  8. Named privacy contact

    Which privacy contact handles requests for our account, and what escalation path should we use?

    Inspect this check

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