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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They also like to just hold onto large chunks of money arbitrarily.

  Oh, you’re going to take it up with customer support?

  Lololol.

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• theyoyomaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Good thing I deleted my PayPal years ago over a previous TOS change.

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  • Anon518@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What do you use instead?

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    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Crypto. Works great for everything I previously used PayPal for

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    • theyoyomaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just standard credit card processing for purchases and zelle or venmo for transfers.

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• Nonononoki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  US only iirc

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Mine was off, don’t know if it’s because I’m in California, but I toggled it back and forth to check and left it off.

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  • wanderingmagus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m also in California and it was toggled on.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cool, they banned my account some years ago and nothing of value was lost. And I don’t think I even did anything to violate their rules, I only used it to pay rent for a few years and a handful of eBay purchases. My best guess is that someone “hacked” my account (my PW was pretty bad and in multiple breaches), but I tried logging in after years of not using it and couldn’t do anything with it.

  But yeah, nothing of value was lost. I haven’t needed PayPal for years and don’t need it now. Just say no and pay directly on whatever site you’re buying at. I’ve bought tons of stuff from eBay and other online sites for years and it has never been an issue.

  So screw 'em, just don’t use their service.

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• paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In the app, under Data and Privacy:

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    Yep, they turned it on by default. It looks like you have until Nov 27th to turn it off before they share your data.

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• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t even see this option on my account. Old Canadian account, but my phone/Paypal app is EU.

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  • jago@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nor I, on my in-Canada account. Desktop access only; I don’t have the Paypal app installed on my phone.

    The article’s image shows, under Manage your privacy settings, the options:

    • Permissions you’ve given

    • Interest-based marketing (which is the option pertinent to this issue)

      • Interest-based marketing on PayPal
      • Interest-based marketing in your other accounts

    • Blocked contacts

      But my account’s options are:

    • Permissions you’ve given

    • Manage your cookies

      • Marketing
      • Performance
      • Functional
      • Essential

    • Blocked contacts

    Possibly the Marketing checkbox is the Canadian version of this? I’ve got that checkbox turned off, always have.

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    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Same account options as yours here on mobile, marketing is also off for me.

      Thanks for comparing notes!

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• FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In the EU this kind of automatic opting-in to marketing/data sharing is against the GDPR as it requires explicit consent from user/customer. I’m in the EU and have those settings but they were both toggled off, as expected.

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  • Argyle13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Spain here, and both were turned on by default. Had to deactivate.

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  • Clanket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ireland here, so EU, and both were turned on.

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  • Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also based in the EU, and mine were turned on

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    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can you report that somewhere?

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  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Remember, you may not see this at all if you’re based in a country that doesn’t allow it.

    OP mentioned this

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  • tiramichu@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    UK here and they are turned on.

    Thanks a lot, Brexit :(

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    • JustARaccoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Even if the UK is not in the EU the GDPR still applies there, just the version it got while it was in the EU tho, no revisions

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    • EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      they are turned on

      Ooh, violate my privacy, daddy.

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  • DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks, i was thinking id need to go check them later today and that it was kinda illegal. Now i can be rest assured its fiiine

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• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Doesn’t seem to show for business accounts FYI

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  • Poots@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can confirm it’s a no-show for business accounts, same for me in US

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• Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Glad I deleted PayPal ages ago.

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• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Off by default for me (EU)

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  • PunkiBas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    On for me in the EU

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  • tautalas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It was on for me in Lithuania

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  • ugo@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Was defaulted on for me (EU)

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Was defaulted on for me (EU)

      Not a lawyer but I don’t think this silent opt-in is legal.

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• dhork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What is someone squatted on your email, starting an unverified account attached to your email address with their phone number, but the fuckers at PayPal won’t do a thing about it?

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  • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I had someone hijack my account last year, Like a dummy, I had failed to setup 2FA. I caught it in the morning after they worked it most of the wee hours. Phone and email had been changed. I contacted PP and to my surprise they were effective in righting everything. By the end of the day, it was corrected. I was absolutely shocked they were so helpful, but I guess it can happen. So, maybe try again?

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    • dhork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Trust me, we have tried. The problem is that l, while the PayPal account was never verified to that email address, somehow a foreign number is attached to it. Every time we have tried to use that email with the account, the verification ping goes to that number, even though the email is unverified. We haven’t found a way to tell PayPal to disassociate that number, because we never had any account attached to it to begin with.

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Good post. Just turned it off. I appreciate the heads up.

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• ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks, disabled. If they want this kind of info then give users a reward for it like 1-2% cashback or coupons. This is just greedy.

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  • ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They can’t give a reward for a “oh shit we’re running out of hedge fund money, we need to stay solvent , let’s sell out our user’s data”

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    • BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They should have thought of that before hiring Will Ferrell to be a clown in a commercial for them.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Confirmed this was enabled in my account. Fuckers. Also check out your search privacy settings in your PayPal account too. Also sharing info by default.

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• henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ah so now they’re a poor steward of my data as well as my money?

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yea, paypal is bad news all around

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So many places online don’t accept any form of payment except PayPal.

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    • DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ye, i dont know how it is worldwide but here in west europe paying online with your bank is just like paying with paypal. The only advantages paypal has over my bank is its return policy and it technically not directly linking the purchase with my personal info.
      I havent used paypal in a while tbh…

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• Hominine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Starting early summer 2025, we’ll be building more personal experiences for you.

  Let’s just keep it professional Fintech. Thanks for the post OP.

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