--- title: How will Scam Checker collect and use my personal information? description: Text messages you upload to Scam Checker may contain your personal information and in some circumstances your sensitive information. 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[Security and Personal Data](https://help.truyu.com.au/security-and-personal-data?hsLang=en-au) 5 January 2026 # How will Scam Checker collect and use my personal information? Text messages you upload to Scam Checker may contain your personal information and in some circumstances your sensitive information. We will only collect and use this information for the purposes of facilitating and improving your use of the Truyu Scam Checker service and to generate insights regarding scams. We may also share the information with our parent company the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, for the purposes of providing and improving the Scam Checker service, generating insights regarding scams, cybersecurity and fraud, and providing intelligence to: - Organisations that assist the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to identify, investigate or prevent fraud, scams or other misconduct. - Regulatory bodies, government agencies and law enforcement bodies to prevent, detect and investigate suspicious or fraudulent activities, including the Anti-Scam Intelligence Loop co-ordinated by the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange and National Anti-Scam Centre.   - [About Truyu](https://help.truyu.com.au/about-truyu?hsLang=en-au) - [The Truyu App](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#main-content) - [Identity Check Alerts](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#identity-check-alerts) - [Credit Activity Alerts](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#credit-activity-alerts) - [Identity Protection Scan](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#identity-protection-scan) - [Email Leaks](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#email-leaks) - [Card Leaks](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#card-leaks) - [Password Leaks](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#password-leaks) - [Scam Checker](https://help.truyu.com.au/the-truyu-app?hsLang=en-au#scam-checker) - [My Truyu Account](https://help.truyu.com.au/my-truyu-account?hsLang=en-au#main-content) - [Account Management](https://help.truyu.com.au/my-truyu-account?hsLang=en-au#account-management) - [Offer Codes](https://help.truyu.com.au/my-truyu-account?hsLang=en-au#offer-codes) - [Security and Personal Data](https://help.truyu.com.au/security-and-personal-data?hsLang=en-au) - [Recovering your identity](https://help.truyu.com.au/recovering-your-identity?hsLang=en-au#main-content) - [Credit Report Ban](https://help.truyu.com.au/recovering-your-identity?hsLang=en-au#credit-report-ban) - [Customer Support](https://help.truyu.com.au/customer-support?hsLang=en-au) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.truyu.com.au/privacy-policy) - [Terms & Conditions](https://www.truyu.com.au/terms-and-conditions) - [Contact](https://www.truyu.com.au/contact) - [About](https://www.truyu.com.au/about) [![Truyu built by CommBank](https://help.truyu.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Truyu%20Horizontal%20Logo.png?width=316&height=100&name=Truyu%20Horizontal%20Logo.png "Truyu built by CommBank")](https://www.truyu.com.au/) Truyu is a brand of CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd ABN 38 633 072 830 trading as Truyu.  CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd is a wholly owned but non-guaranteed subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124. CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd is not an Authorised Deposit-taking Institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. To access detailed terms and conditions about Truyu please [click here](https://www.truyu.com.au/terms-and-conditions). For information on how we collect and handle personal information, see our [Privacy Policy](https://www.truyu.com.au/privacy-policy). \*The Identity Check Alert Service is not comprehensive. Importantly, you will only receive a notification if GBG has informed us that your first name, last name and date of birth have been used at an Australian merchant that is onboarded by GBG as part of our Identity Check Alert Service. As at 5 February 2025, GBG handles over 60% of online identity checks run by Australian merchants.  \*\*There is an initial three-month trial, for all new customers. 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