#PSA #PayPal is changing their privacy statement/terms of service starting November so that they can sell your information to merchants.
You CAN opt out, but you have to do it before they start:
Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off
ETA: this is probably country specific, due to differing privacy laws.
You can try privacy>settings>recommendations
Check replies, people have found the same toggle under a different header.
If you are going to reply to the post above with, "you forgot: delete app/delete paypal", please consider that:
1) other people have said this already
2) those who want or can, have already done so
3) some people have no other way to send and receive money
3a) unless you have a suggestion with an ethical, secure, and widely used/accepted alternative, shutting up is free.
@willaful There is only so many spoons to vet them too!
Like, people want to ignore the toll it takes to keep trying to live an ethical life under fucking late state capitalism.
/rant
(I know you know, I'm just. Tired i a good word. Fed up of the fuckers is another.)
3a is such a mood. Seriously.
@herhandsmyhands Thanks for the heads up!
@steveportigal I plan on checking again on Nov 27 just in case they switch it on again.
(No, I don't trust them)
@herhandsmyhands Thank you, I did, but nothing there … I wonder if itʼs worth writing to their privacy officer and formally requesting the opt-out. Their site is a mess, the menus seem to change on a regular basis and I often spend more time looking for where theyʼve shifted something to than doing the thing.
Thank you for the warning.
I found a way that works in Canada.
I closed my account.
@herhandsmyhands link to go straight to the page
https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/privacy/settings/recommendations
I have a business account. Unfortunately neither of those instructions worked. Can you help?
@ReedsHorror I am sorry, I'm not an expert, I would try to continue poking at anything about shopping, privacy, data; it seems it's different depending on where you are and whether you use it on your phone or browser/desktop.
ETA: I don't have a business account myself, so I don't even know what you would be looking for or at, I'm sorry.
Check the other replies, some people have found the same toggle under a different header.
Thank you kindly for helping, all the same.
There's someone else in the replies with a business account; from the screenshots, I wonder if it's under profile settings, something "data" or "shopping" related, maybe.
@solonovamax As I said in another reply: I'm not an expert, I would try to continue poking at anything about shopping, privacy, data; it seems it's different depending on where you are and whether you use it on your phone or browser/desktop.
ETA: Check the other replies, some people have found the same toggle under a different header.
@herhandsmyhands I've considered deleting my account, but after writing checks got weird, Paypal and Venmo were all parents used for extracurricular activities. Kid's at college, and I'm still at it.
Any suggestions for alternatives?
Thank you for this!
It does look like people with business accounts are having trouble finding it; as I don't have one myself, I am not of much help with those, I'm sorry.
In Deutschland:
PROFIL
- DATEN UND DATENSCHUTZ
- INTERESSENBASIERTE WERBUNG
- BEIDE SLIDER NACH LINKS
Und ja, dieser Schmutz ist tatsächlich per default aktiviert.
@herhandsmyhands Thanks for the heads-up!
For my #NL #PayPal account under Settings > Data & #Privacy I did not have "Manage shared info" but did find "Interest-based marketing" where I had to click to toggle off. (Also reviewed "Manage your #cookie settings" while there)
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