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Automatic data sharing policy to take effect on November 27, 2024. If you do not want PP to share your data with “participating stores”, you need to “opt out”.
by xyst 2y ago
Automatic data sharing policy to take effect on November 27, 2024. If you do not want PP to share your data with “participating stores”, you need to “opt out”.
Per e-mail sent regarding this policy update: “You can opt out of this at any time in your profile settings under "Data and Privacy."
- thwarted 2y agoJust logging in now, for the first time in years, I found two options that seem relevant. For the first one: it presented that I had given permission to "paypal shopping" to share my identity. I removed that permission. This may be the automatically added permission that I had to opt out of. This was in a list of discrete permissions, or apparently so, since there was only one entry, but it could be removed by clicking on a trashcan icon. For the second one, it was explicitly described with words like "share your info". This was a checkbox-slider, and it was already set to "off".
- xyst 2y agoI didn’t revoke the “PayPal shopping” permission. But now I will. Wonder if PP system automatically moves that slider to off if you revoke the “PayPal Shopping” permission. I honestly don’t remember granting that explicitly. Then again, I have only used PP for rare occasions
- xyst 2y agoAlso, maybe it defaults to off if you reside in USA and live in one of these states: > 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
- johnnyanmac 2y agoI'm in California and it was indeed off by default.
- TavsiE9s 2y agoAny indication on _which_ setting under "Data and Privacy"?
- xyst 2y agoOne thing I realized. This appears to be a change in their privacy policy for _US_ PayPal. If you are not in USA (ie, Canada), then it likely won’t be there as it’s not rolling out to you. For me: I opened the app, navigated to Profile > “Data and privacy” > “Personalized shopping” (under “Manage shared info” header) > toggle off “Let us share products, offers, and rewards you might like with participating stores” Haven’t checked on paypal.com
- _huayra_ 2y agoHere is the precise page, for anyone who wants to easily do it and amortize my settings perusing: https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/privacy/settings/recommendations https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/privacy/settings/recommenda...
- RustyRussell 2y agoDon't see anything relevant in Australia...
- grogenaut 2y agothanks, the direct link works but I can't find it by browsing
- accrual 2y agoThank you, this worked fine for me in the US, "Sharing is off".
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoIt’d also ridiculous that I can only delete my data by closing my account.
- LegitShady 2y agooption 2 - delete your paypal account, you dont need it.