Paypal Changes Legal Terms – What Should You Do?

Posted on by Gail Eddy in Passwords, Technology Tips

Did you get this seemingly innocuous, totally ignorable email from PayPal changing their legal terms?

Screenshot of PayPal email. They're changing their legal terms so they can share more of your personal info.

This is the kind of thing that actively annoys me. I try to lock down all the apps I use so they don’t share information I don’t want them to. When a company changes its legal terms by sending me an email and then changes my settings without my permission … well … I get mad!

One of the reasons we use PayPal is because it provides us with a bit of a wall between our financial info and the store or person we’re sending money to. I don’t want to say I don’t trust all the Etsy or eBay sellers out there, but when it comes to my bank accounts, I want to keep things private. I’m guessing you do, too.

Did you receive this email from PayPal? I noticed that Gmail helpfully put it in my “Promotions” tab, making it harder to find.

Contents

Here’s how to turn PayPal marketing sharing off:

  1. Log into Paypal
  2. Click on Settings (it’s probably the gear icon near the top)
  3. Click on “Data & Privacy”
  4. Click on “Manage Shared Info”
  5. Click on “Personalized Shopping”
  6. Toggle the button to “off”
  7. While you’re on the Settings page, change your password too.
  8. If you have multiple PayPal accounts, follow these steps for each.

Screenshot of PayPal sharing turned off Screenshot of PayPal sharing turned on

 

 

 

 

Conclusion:

Just because you went through all the privacy settings when you downloaded a new app doesn’t mean your info will stay private. Companies change their legal terms often. Double-check the settings for your apps at least once a year.

 

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