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Businesses and owners subject to shared risk information and access decisions
This collective represents merchants and owners affected by Mastercard's anti-piracy and MATCH rules. It identifies the parties whose product acceptance, risk records and future acquiring relationships may change, rather than a finding against every merchant.
The anti-piracy policy can require cessation of Mastercard acceptance for an infringing product without automatically terminating the entire merchant. MATCH rules expressly permit onboarding despite a listing after required inquiry. The March 2026 privacy notice describes law-dependent access, correction, restriction, deletion and complaint routes, sometimes through the relevant institution. Its one-month written-response provision is not a universal correction deadline or an entitlement to restored processing.
Merchants and owners — MATCH rule scope → Mastercard
March2026 notice describes law-dependent access/correction/restriction/deletion/complaint routes, with California requests to relevant institutions and other requests possibly redirected. One-month written reply is not correction deadline; no universal processing entitlement.
Mastercard acquirers · rule scope → Merchants and owners — MATCH rule scope
An affirmative policy finding requires ending Mastercard acceptance for the infringing product; negative findings require compelling evidence. Product cessation is not automatically full merchant termination.
Mastercard acquirers · rule scope → Merchants and owners — MATCH rule scope
Sections11.2/11.6.4 expressly allow onboarding notwithstanding a MATCH entry; mandatory inquiry does not require refusal. Each institution makes its own decision.
MATCH correction, privacy and a worked judicial challenge ↗
MATCH Pro: required information sharing, independent admission, and correction duties ↗
WIPO ALERT-PAY: participant confirmation and provider decision rights ↗
Mastercard acquirers · rule scope → must end acceptance for affirmatively infringing products → Merchants and owners — MATCH rule scope
An affirmative policy finding requires ending Mastercard acceptance for the infringing product; negative findings require compelling evidence. Product cessation is not automatically full merchant termination.
Mastercard acquirers · rule scope → may admit a listed merchant → Merchants and owners — MATCH rule scope
Sections11.2/11.6.4 expressly allow onboarding notwithstanding a MATCH entry; mandatory inquiry does not require refusal. Each institution makes its own decision.
Merchants and owners — MATCH rule scope → may seek applicable personal-information remedies → Mastercard
March2026 notice describes law-dependent access/correction/restriction/deletion/complaint routes, with California requests to relevant institutions and other requests possibly redirected. One-month written reply is not correction deadline; no universal processing entitlement.
Stripe → generally disqualifies → Merchants and owners — MATCH rule scope
Scope: Stripe describes exceptions. This is a policy, not an individual merchant’s case.