diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/internal/eventLogging.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/internal/eventLogging.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60e0c63df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/internal/eventLogging.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+import { SegmentClient } from '../../analytics';
+import {
+  createMockStoreGetter,
+  getMockLogger,
+  MockSegmentStore,
+} from '../../test-helpers';
+import { EventType } from '../../types';
+
+jest.mock('uuid');
+
+jest
+  .spyOn(Date.prototype, 'toISOString')
+  .mockReturnValue('2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z');
+
+describe('event logging', () => {
+  const store = new MockSegmentStore({
+    userInfo: {
+      userId: 'current-user-id',
+      anonymousId: 'very-anonymous',
+    },
+  });
+
+  const baseConfig = {
+    writeKey: 'mock-write-key',
+    flushInterval: 0,
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    store.reset();
+  });
+
+  it('logs only non-sensitive metadata by default, not the full payload', async () => {
+    const logger = getMockLogger();
+    const client = new SegmentClient({
+      config: baseConfig,
+      logger,
+      store,
+    });
+
+    await client.identify('user-with-secrets', { email: 'secret@example.com' });
+
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [message, metadata] = (logger.info as jest.Mock).mock.calls[0] as [
+      string,
+      Record<string, unknown>
+    ];
+    expect(message).toBe('IDENTIFY event saved');
+    expect(metadata).toEqual({
+      type: EventType.IdentifyEvent,
+      messageId: expect.any(String),
+    });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(metadata)).not.toContain('secret@example.com');
+  });
+
+  it('does not warn about debugPayloads when it is not enabled', () => {
+    const logger = getMockLogger();
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new
+    new SegmentClient({ config: baseConfig, logger, store });
+
+    expect(logger.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('warns once at startup when debugPayloads is enabled', () => {
+    const logger = getMockLogger();
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new
+    new SegmentClient({
+      config: { ...baseConfig, debugPayloads: true },
+      logger,
+      store,
+    });
+
+    expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining('debugPayloads is enabled')
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('also logs the full payload when debugPayloads is enabled', async () => {
+    const logger = getMockLogger();
+    const client = new SegmentClient({
+      config: { ...baseConfig, debugPayloads: true },
+      logger,
+      store,
+    });
+
+    await client.track('Some Event', { id: 1 });
+
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      'TRACK event saved',
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        type: EventType.TrackEvent,
+        name: 'Some Event',
+      })
+    );
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      'TRACK event payload',
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        event: 'Some Event',
+        properties: { id: 1 },
+      })
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('redacts the deep-link URL query string even when debugPayloads is enabled', async () => {
+    const logger = getMockLogger();
+    const deepLinkData = {
+      url: 'myapp://open?token=super-secret&other=1',
+      referring_application: 'Safari',
+    };
+    jest
+      .spyOn(store.deepLinkData, 'get')
+      .mockImplementation(createMockStoreGetter(() => deepLinkData));
+
+    const client = new SegmentClient({
+      config: {
+        ...baseConfig,
+        trackDeepLinks: true,
+        trackAppLifecycleEvents: false,
+        debugPayloads: true,
+      },
+      logger,
+      store,
+    });
+
+    await client.init();
+
+    const payloadCall = (logger.info as jest.Mock).mock.calls.find(
+      ([message]) => message === 'TRACK (Deep Link Opened) event payload'
+    ) as [string, { properties: { url: string } }];
+
+    expect(payloadCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(payloadCall[1].properties.url).toBe('myapp://open');
+    expect(JSON.stringify(payloadCall)).not.toContain('super-secret');
+
+    client.cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it('redacts the deep-link URL fragment (e.g. OAuth callback tokens) too', async () => {
+    const logger = getMockLogger();
+    const deepLinkData = {
+      url: 'myapp://callback#access_token=super-secret',
+      referring_application: 'Safari',
+    };
+    jest
+      .spyOn(store.deepLinkData, 'get')
+      .mockImplementation(createMockStoreGetter(() => deepLinkData));
+
+    const client = new SegmentClient({
+      config: {
+        ...baseConfig,
+        trackDeepLinks: true,
+        trackAppLifecycleEvents: false,
+        debugPayloads: true,
+      },
+      logger,
+      store,
+    });
+
+    await client.init();
+
+    const payloadCall = (logger.info as jest.Mock).mock.calls.find(
+      ([message]) => message === 'TRACK (Deep Link Opened) event payload'
+    ) as [string, { properties: { url: string } }];
+
+    expect(payloadCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(payloadCall[1].properties.url).toBe('myapp://callback');
+    expect(JSON.stringify(payloadCall)).not.toContain('super-secret');
+
+    client.cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it('logs an event as dropped, not saved, when analytics is disabled', async () => {
+    const logger = getMockLogger();
+    const disabledStore = new MockSegmentStore({
+      enabled: false,
+      userInfo: {
+        userId: 'current-user-id',
+        anonymousId: 'very-anonymous',
+      },
+    });
+    const client = new SegmentClient({
+      config: baseConfig,
+      logger,
+      store: disabledStore,
+    });
+
+    await client.track('Some Event', { id: 1 });
+
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'TRACK event dropped',
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        type: EventType.TrackEvent,
+        name: 'Some Event',
+      })
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/analytics.ts b/packages/core/src/analytics.ts
index 79a886c3a..7dff4053b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/analytics.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/analytics.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ import { WaitingPlugin } from './plugin';
 
 type OnPluginAddedCallback = (plugin: Plugin) => void;
 
+// Deep link URLs can carry secrets/tokens in their query string or fragment (mobile OAuth
+// callbacks use both), so strip both before the full event is logged (only reachable when
+// `debugPayloads` is enabled).
+const redactDeepLinkUrl = (event: SegmentEvent): SegmentEvent => {
+  if (
+    event.type === EventType.TrackEvent &&
+    event.event === 'Deep Link Opened' &&
+    typeof event.properties?.url === 'string'
+  ) {
+    const [urlWithoutQueryOrFragment] = event.properties.url.split(/[?#]/);
+    return {
+      ...event,
+      properties: { ...event.properties, url: urlWithoutQueryOrFragment },
+    };
+  }
+  return event;
+};
+
 export class SegmentClient {
   // the config parameters for the client - a merge of user provided and default options
   private config: Config;
@@ -296,6 +314,12 @@ export class SegmentClient {
 
     // set up tracking for lifecycle events
     this.setupLifecycleEvents();
+
+    if (this.config.debugPayloads === true) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        'debugPayloads is enabled: full event payloads (which may include PII and deep-link tokens) will be logged at info level. Do not enable this in production.'
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   // Watch for isReady so that we can handle any pending events
@@ -599,9 +623,61 @@ export class SegmentClient {
         },
       });
 
-      void this.process(event);
-      this.logger.info('TRACK (Deep Link Opened) event saved', event);
+      void this.process(event).then((processedEvent) => {
+        this.logEventResult('TRACK (Deep Link Opened)', event, processedEvent);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Builds the safe-to-log metadata for an event: type, messageId and the event/screen
+   * name. Deliberately excludes userId, traits, properties and context, which may hold PII.
+   */
+  private getEventLogMetadata(event: SegmentEvent): Record<string, unknown> {
+    const name =
+      event.type === EventType.TrackEvent
+        ? event.event
+        : event.type === EventType.ScreenEvent
+        ? event.name
+        : undefined;
+    return {
+      type: event.type,
+      messageId: event.messageId,
+      ...(name !== undefined ? { name } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Logs that an event was saved. Only non-sensitive metadata is logged by default;
+   * the full payload (which may include PII, or a deep-link URL with query tokens)
+   * is only logged when `debugPayloads` is explicitly enabled in the config.
+   */
+  private logEventSaved(label: string, event: SegmentEvent) {
+    this.logger.info(`${label} event saved`, this.getEventLogMetadata(event));
+
+    if (this.getConfig().debugPayloads === true) {
+      this.logger.info(`${label} event payload`, redactDeepLinkUrl(event));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Logs the outcome of processing an event. `processedEvent` is `undefined` when
+   * analytics is disabled or a before/enrichment plugin (e.g. consent gating) dropped
+   * the event, in which case that's logged as "dropped" rather than misreported as saved.
+   */
+  private logEventResult(
+    label: string,
+    event: SegmentEvent,
+    processedEvent: SegmentEvent | undefined
+  ) {
+    if (processedEvent === undefined) {
+      this.logger.info(
+        `${label} event dropped`,
+        this.getEventLogMetadata(event)
+      );
+      return;
     }
+    this.logEventSaved(label, processedEvent);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -677,8 +753,8 @@ export class SegmentClient {
       properties: options,
     });
 
-    await this.process(event, enrichment);
-    this.logger.info('SCREEN event saved', event);
+    const processedEvent = await this.process(event, enrichment);
+    this.logEventResult('SCREEN', event, processedEvent);
   }
 
   async track(
@@ -691,8 +767,8 @@ export class SegmentClient {
       properties: options,
     });
 
-    await this.process(event, enrichment);
-    this.logger.info('TRACK event saved', event);
+    const processedEvent = await this.process(event, enrichment);
+    this.logEventResult('TRACK', event, processedEvent);
   }
 
   async identify(
@@ -705,8 +781,8 @@ export class SegmentClient {
       userTraits: userTraits,
     });
 
-    await this.process(event, enrichment);
-    this.logger.info('IDENTIFY event saved', event);
+    const processedEvent = await this.process(event, enrichment);
+    this.logEventResult('IDENTIFY', event, processedEvent);
   }
 
   async group(
@@ -719,8 +795,8 @@ export class SegmentClient {
       groupTraits,
     });
 
-    await this.process(event, enrichment);
-    this.logger.info('GROUP event saved', event);
+    const processedEvent = await this.process(event, enrichment);
+    this.logEventResult('GROUP', event, processedEvent);
   }
 
   async alias(newUserId: string, enrichment?: EnrichmentClosure) {
@@ -734,8 +810,8 @@ export class SegmentClient {
       newUserId,
     });
 
-    await this.process(event, enrichment);
-    this.logger.info('ALIAS event saved', event);
+    const processedEvent = await this.process(event, enrichment);
+    this.logEventResult('ALIAS', event, processedEvent);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index 4cbd6b5ba..c38677576 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ export type Config = {
   writeKey: string;
   debug?: boolean;
   logger?: DeactivableLoggerType;
+  /**
+   * By default, the SDK only logs non-sensitive event metadata (type, messageId, event/name)
+   * at info level. Set this to also log the full event payload, which can include PII
+   * (userId, traits, properties) and, for deep link events, the full URL with any query
+   * string tokens. Only enable this for local debugging - never in production.
+   */
+  debugPayloads?: boolean;
   // Legacy, for compat only
   flushAt?: number;
   flushInterval?: number;