PayPal sharing data to personalize your experience

[elainegrey]

"To opt-out of disclosures or Personal Information to Partners and Merchants for personalized shopping experiences, log into your PayPal account and edit your preferences in the Data and Privacy setting."

As of today, using a browser:

1. click gear in upper right
2. in the white bar choose "Data & Privacy"
3. Under "Managed shared info" select "Personalized shopping"
4. Click the on-off button slider

BLEEP surveillance capitalism.

https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/upcoming-policies-full?

Amendments to the PayPal Privacy Statement Effective November 27, 2024:     We are updating our Privacy Statement to explain how, starting early Summer 2025, we will share information to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you. The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop, unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so. No matter where you live, you’ll always be able to exercise your right to opt out of this data sharing by updating your preference settings in your account under “Data and Privacy.”

What fresh hell is this?

For our PayPal customers, we may disclose your Personal Information to Partners and Merchants that you and we interact with, to help ourselves and Partners and Merchants personalize services and offers so you can have a better and more relevant experience. Personal Information we disclose includes, for example, products, sizes, preferences, and styles we think you’ll like.     Unless we are required by law to obtain your consent, we disclose Personal Information collected you after November 27, 2024 (or from earlier if you consent) for personalized shopping experiences.     To opt-out of disclosures or Personal Information to Partners and Merchants for personalized shopping experiences, log into your PayPal account and edit your preferences in the Data and Privacy setting.     If you opt-out, we will continue to disclose your Personal Information as necessary to complete transactions you initiate, but will not disclose Personal Information to Partners and Merchant for personalized shopping experiences.     Please note that Personal Information disclosed to Partners and Merchants (or their service providers) involved in a transaction is subject to the Partners' and Merchants' own privacy policies and procedures. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of Partners and Merchants.

Comments

[dewline]

I don't see the settings on my account as described by step 3.

[elainegrey]

I think Canada recently passed some privacy legislation. US states that have some protection were opt in not opt out. So maybe you're protected.

[dewline]

I hope so!

Waiting to see what the word is.

[sonia]

Thanks for the info! I have a business account, and I'm not seeing those settings, so either they're only for personal accounts, or they haven't rolled it out to everyone yet.

[elainegrey]

Also you are in CA so you would be opt in, not opt out.

[sonia]

That's cool! But I don't see the setting at all. You would think they would want to give me a way to opt in.

[amaebi]

Argh. :(

[arlie]

My account turned out to have this setting already turned off, when I checked a few days ago - this is the second time I've read this particular warning.

That made no sense - I'm in the US, so no consumer protection to speak of. Maybe they were waiting for the day they turn on the new feature to also change everyone's settings to the new default.

[elainegrey]

California has privacy protection: "unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so"

[arlie]

That explains it. Thank you.