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We limit the sharing of customer Information. We may share your Information as required or as permitted by law, such as: • with credit bureaus and similar institutions to report or ask about your financial circumstances, and to report or collect debts you owe; • with regulatory authorities, courts, and governmental agencies to comply with legal orders, legal or regulatory requirements, and government requests; • with our service providers, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies to detect and prevent fraud or criminal activity, and to protect the rights of American Express or others; • within our parent company and our affiliates; • with our service providers who perform services for us and help us operate our business (we require service providers to safeguard Information and only use your Information for the purposes we specify); • with co-brand partners (to learn more about how we disclose your Information to our co-brand partners, see your Cardmember Agreement) and other partners and benefit providers with whom we jointly offer or develop products and services (but they may only use Information to market their own products or services if you consent); • in the context of a sale of all or part of our, our parent company or our affiliates or their assets; or • for specific products or services, when you have given your consent. In providing you with our products or services, we will transfer Information outside of your province or territory of residence or outside of Canada (“other locations”) where different data protection laws apply, such as to the United States (where our main operational data centres are located). No matter where we transfer Information about you, we will protect it in the manner described in our privacy notices and in accordance with applicable laws using appropriate contractual protections. We also assess whether other technical and organizational measures are required. However, governments, courts, law enforcement or regulatory agencies in other locations may be able to obtain disclosure of customer Information through their laws. For information about the manner in which we or our service providers (including service providers outside Canada) treat Personal Information, please contact us as set out below. We may share customer Information in order to manage our businesses including when we assign our rights to others. This includes disclosing on a confidential basis customer Information to parties that may be participating in a proposed or an actual business transaction with us including financings, securitizations, insurance or the assignment of our rights such as for the sale or collection of debts.