I actually happened to be going through the Paypal settings yesterday as I couldn't get it to make a purchase on ebay and thought something might be wrong there

I actually happened to be going through the Paypal settings yesterday as I couldn't get it to make a purchase on ebay and thought something might be wrong there. I had around a dozen merchants who were listed in the automatic billing payment list and only one of them was a subscription I remember setting up. (the others were all legit and large businesses and none of them have charged me, but they could have!). I have since 'deactivated' all of them. I really do hate Paypal but I often choose them when I buy something from a smaller web shop as I do not trust the web shop to keep my card details safe...