PayPal is updating their Terms of Service to automatically give merchants access to your data starting in November and they've already opted you into it.
The EU has better privacy laws than North America, so if you're there you won't even have these settings.
OPT OUT BEFORE THEY START:
Go to Settings > Data & Privacy > PayPal Shopping and toggle it to off.
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UNITED STATES: You likely have an extra setting to check called "Personalized Shopping".
EU & AUSTRALIA: You won't have to worry about this because this type of behaviour is already disallowed.
@schmutzie "Paypal shopping" and "Personalized shopping" seem to be two different, discrete options in some countries.
Is "PayPal shopping" what used to be called "Interest-based marketing" in the old interface? Found this screenshot with the explainer: "Personalized deals and offers based on your browsing and shopping activity". Is there more information if you click on "learn how it works"?
@schmutzie Moreover here's an article about the upcoming features which made it necessary to update the TOS.
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