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PayPal opted in users to share their data. (www.404media.co)

submitted 2 months ago by mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] nicerdicer@feddit.org 70 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Einloggen
Herunterscrollen und unten auf der Seite den Link „Datenschutz“ anklicken
dann bei Datenschutz festlegen den Link „Datenschutzeinstellungen“ anklicken
dann das Feld „Interessenbasierte Werbung“ anklicken
auf jeden der beiden Einträge klicken und den Schalter jeweils auf „aus“ schalten

. Translated from the above:

Log in
Scroll down and click on the “Privacy” link at the bottom of the page
then click on the "Privacy settings" link under Data & Privacy
then click on the “Interest-based advertising” (Personalized shopping) field
click on each of the two entries and set the switch to “off” in each case

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't see this option. Is it only in specific countries?

[–] nicerdicer@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Did you follow the tutorial I posted? If so, the English-translated part may not have the right terminology. I followed the instructions on the linked website: https://www.404media.co/paypal-personalized-shopping-opt-out/. I suppose, this is appliccable worldwide.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My Data & Privacy section doesn't have anything that seems relevant:

screen shot of paypal data and privacy settings

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It looks like you're missing the "Manage shared info" section and "Personalized Shopping" link, which yields the above toggle for me (CA, US)...

The question is, is it gone because your privacy laws make it impossible to even offer, or because your privacy laws don't require them to care about your opinion at all?

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 months ago

Normally we are a small enough market that it takes a while to be worth sorting out whether they comply with our laws.

One that comes to mind is that data can only be used for the purpose it's collected, so I suspect adding this and opting people in would probably not be allowed. Grey area though, as it's not clear to me (IANAL) whether updating TS & Cs and telling people would be enough to be considered getting user consent. I suspect not, though, I think it would need to be opt in so you've actively got user consent.

So, most likely it's because our privacy laws are a bit stronger than their threshold, but also possibly because a small country of 5 million people (where paypal isn't that common) isn't worth spending lawyers on to work out if they are allowed to.

[–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mine looks different, I'm in the US. I disabled the toggle under the Personalized Shopping. Under 'Permissions you've given' there was an entry for 'PayPal shopping' that I also disabled.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago

Might just be US for now until they sort out the legality of it in more privacy focused countries.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

What instructions? All I get is "this is for paid members only"

[–] barryamelton@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm in the EU, and both the fields are off already.

[–] raker@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also EU. Both options were enabled.

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Same. Not GDPR compliant, that's for sure.

[–] zout@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks