Legal and data protection

When adding Klarna Payments to your site, you need to consider

• Data protection and data sharing aspects
• T&C information

Please seek legal advice to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.

Customer Data Sharing

National and EU rules such as the GDPR sets certain limits to how and when you may share customer-identifying information with Klarna.

If you share personal data with Klarna you need to explain this in your privacy notice and link to Klarna’s privacy notice there. Below is an example of what that could look like in your existing privacy notice (the specific data categories transferred to be added, and text to be translated into your local language):

Draft privacy notice text (all markets except Switzerland)

“In order to offer you Klarna’s payment methods, we might in the checkout pass your personal data in the form of contact and order details to Klarna, in order for Klarna to assess whether you qualify for their payment methods and to tailor those payment methods for you. Your personal data transferred is processed in line with Klarna’s own privacy notice.”

Draft privacy notice text (Switzerland only)

In Switzerland, Klarna offers its services together with its subsidiary Billpay. If you share personal data with Klarna and Billpay you need to explain this in your privacy notice and link to Klarna’s and Billpay’s local privacy notices there. Below is an example of what that could look like in your existing privacy notice (the specific data categories transferred to be added, and text to be translated into your local language):

Billpay’s/Klarna’s payment options: In order to be able to offer you Klarna’s payment options and to assess whether you qualify for their payment options and to tailor the payment options for you, we might in the checkout pass your personal data in the form of contact and order details to Klarna and Billpay. Your personal data is handled in accordance with applicable data protection law and in accordance with the information in Klarna’s ( de , fr , it or en versions) and Billpay’s ( de , fr , it or en versions) privacy notices.

Terms and conditions

Ensure that your terms and conditions reflect your cooperation with Klarna, and that you comply with applicable laws.