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7. Paypal already collects most if not all of that data.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:24 AM
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Here is a link to the current privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full

Categories of Personal Information collected from you, including from your interactions with us and use of the Services ersonal Identifiers: Such as Name, Business Name, Address, Phone Number, Email, IP address, Device Information, Information collected from cookies or other tracking technologies, other information necessary to establish an account or profile.
Records and Financial Information: Such as, bank account and routing numbers, credit and debit card information, amount you send or request, other financial information.
Transaction and Experience Information: Such as online shopping cart information, shopping activity and goods or services considered on Partners and Merchants sites, shipping options and associated costs when you check out, purchase history, and order tracking and product information.
Geolocation: We may collect IP-based geolocation data and Global Positioning System (GPS) with your consent during your user experience or based on your mobile application settings.
Internet or network activity: interactions with our Services, Information about response time for web pages, download errors, date and time when you used the service, Location Information, such as your IP address, statistics regarding how pages are loaded or viewed, the websites you visited before coming to the Sites and other usage and browsing information collected through Cookies (“Technical Usage Data”).
Biometric: When you consent in the user experience, we collect voice identification, photo identification, or face scans to verify your identity and authenticate you for certain actions related to your account, including, for example, verify your identity and authenticate you to meet regulatory requirements or before you access accounts and Services, recover passwords, update profile info, manage payments and payment methods, lift account limitations, and initiate cryptocurrency transfers.
Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information: Call recordings when you talk to customer service.
Professional or employment information: including business information, job title, contact emails, phone numbers and taxpayer ID numbers.
Imported Contact Information: including name, address, phone number, images, email address or usernames associated with the contacts.
PayPal Account Profile Information: username, profile picture, gender, or personal description which you add that may include sensitive personal information. You can set your profile to “Private” at any time.
Information you provide when you contact us: Your response to surveys, recorded conversations, chat conversations with us, email correspondence with us, account or profile status, repayment history, voice identification, Information about others if you choose to share it with us.
Inferred data: We may infer information about you such as your preferences and shopping behavior, based on your transactions and interactions with our Services or with our Partners and Merchants.
Characteristics of Protected Classifications: including age or date of birth, national origin, disability, citizenship, military status.
Sensitive Personal Information: Social Security number, government-issued identification, bank account and routing numbers, credit and debit card information, voice identification and Photo IDs or Precise Geolocation.
Information from your device: including, language settings, browser ID, cookie preferences, time zone, operating system, platform, screen resolution and similar information about your device settings, data collected from cookies or other tracking technologies.
We may also obtain the above categories of Personal Information from the following categories of sources:


And here is a link to the updated policy that takes effect in November: https://www.paypalobjects.com/marketing/ua/pdf/US/en/privacy-full-111725.pdf

Categories of Personal Information collected from you, including from your interactions with us and use of the Services:
• Personal identifiers: Such a same, business name, address, phone number, email, IP address, device information, information collected from cookies or other tracking technologies, government-issued identification, signature, and other information necessary to establish an account or profile.
• Records and financial information: Such as identity card numbers, government-issued identification, account header information, bank account and routing numbers, credit and debit card information, income, amount you send or request, your payment instrument, card, financial or funding account in connection with the Services, including issuer name, card type, country code, payment account number, CVV, username, and IBAN information.
• Transaction and experience information: Such as account balances, transaction history and transaction details, online shopping cart information, transaction ID, shopping activity and goods or services considered on Partners and Merchants sites, shipping address, shipping options and associated costs when you check out, purchase history, seller information, such as seller name, industry and postal code, buyer information, purchase information, and order tracking and product information.
• Commercial information: Such as payout amount, payor information, and the record of the Services.
• Geolocation data: Such as Global Positioning System (“GPS”), which we may collect with your consent if you have an account for financial Services, and IP-based geolocation data during your user experience or based on your mobile application settings.
• Internet or network activity: Such as interactions with our Services, information about response time for web pages, download errors, date and time when you used the service, shopping history, location information, such as your IP address, statistics regarding how pages are loaded or viewed, the websites you visited before coming to the Sites, and other usage and browsing information collected through Cookies.
• Biometric data: Such as voice identification, photo identification, or face scans, which we may collect when you consent in the user experience to authenticate you for certain actions related to your account, including, for example, to verify your identity before you access accounts and Services, recover passwords, update profile information, manage payments and payment methods, lift account limitations, and initiate cryptocurrency transfers.

• Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information: Such as call recordings when you talk to customer service.
• Professional or employment information: Such as business information, job title, contact emails, phone numbers and taxpayer ID numbers.
• Imported contact information: Such as name, address, phone number, images, email address or usernames associated with the contacts you import or enter manually.
• Account profile information: Such as username, profile picture, gender, or personal description, which you add that may include Sensitive Personal Information. You can set your profile to “Private” at any time.
• Information you provide when you contact us: Such as your responses to surveys, recorded conversations, chat conversations with us, email correspondence with us, account or profile status, repayment history, voice identification, vulnerability-related information provided by you and information about others if you choose to share it with us.
• Inferred data: Such as gender, income, browsing and purchasing habits, creditworthiness, fraud and risk assessment, your preferences and shopping behavior, which we may infer based on your transactions and interactions with our Services, ads and offers or with our Partners and Merchants.
• Information related to legal requirements: Such as information from external sanction lists, including name, date of birth, place of birth, occupation, and the reason why the person is on the external sanction lists in question, consistent with applicable law.
• Characteristics of protected classifications: Such as, age or date of birth, nationality, disability, citizenship, and military status.
• Sensitive Personal Information: Such as Social Security and tax ID number, government-issued and other related identification, bank account and routing numbers, credit and debit card information, financial information, biometric data (as described above), or precise geolocation data, depending on applicable privacy law. In certain jurisdictions (e.g. under the GDPR), this may also be referred to as “special category information”.
• Information from your device: Such as language settings, browser ID, device ID, device type, cookie preferences, time zone, operating system, platform, screen resolution, and similar information about your device settings, device’s web browser, and internal connection, and data collected from Cookies or other tracking technologies.

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Consequences of the Genius Act bucolic_frolic Sunday #1
Thank you for posting this important information Raven123 Sunday #2
Thanks for this. Hopefully, some DUer has an alternative option idea. Scrivener7 Sunday #3
What I'm looking for is something that is recognized by online vendors, but isn't so invasive in Baitball Blogger Sunday #4
And maybe the answer is to just go back to straight credit card. Scrivener7 Sunday #5
Read over the new privacy statement. Baitball Blogger Sunday #11
There is usually a direct pay option. I do that at work with a company card. underpants Sunday #26
Good to know!! Thanks!! Scrivener7 Sunday #36
Is there an article you can post? How the hell are they going to collect face scans, voice and hlthe2b Sunday #6
They re a multi-billion dollar business. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #8
That is our fear. Is there a well-resourced, authoritative article that documents ANY of this? hlthe2b Sunday #9
Such an article would be bad for business, so I doubt they would 'allow' it. OldBaldy1701E Monday #38
Many companies are already using biometric scans to verify ID Abnredleg Sunday #13
Duh. Yeah, I have an Iphone, laptop, etc. But, I do not allow them to collect facial recognition hlthe2b Sunday #17
There's no need for the faux-outrage Abnredleg Sunday #22
I do not respond well to condescension. I'm guessing you don't either. You were not hlthe2b Sunday #25
The user is the source if they voluntarily choose to be Abnredleg Sunday #27
It will be easy to collect this from heavy social media users milestogo Sunday #19
"Easy to collect--not easy to utilize..." Ever seen data on the number of passport photos rejected? hlthe2b Sunday #20
Paypal already collects most if not all of that data. onenote Sunday #7
Known. Where is the info about FACIAL recognition? hlthe2b Sunday #10
See the part of the privacy policy labelled "Biometric" onenote Sunday #14
Source of these biometrics? I've never had my face scanned. Have you? hlthe2b Sunday #15
Facial scan is an optional means of identity for PayPal Abnredleg Sunday #23
Yes I have onenote Sunday #29
I'll have to give it a closer look to see if I spot the differences. Baitball Blogger Sunday #12
And that's why I don't use Paypal . . . hatrack Sunday #16
I don't use any of these services. I use my credit card. If I need to give someone money, I write them a check. Raftergirl Sunday #18
Lots of places force you to use Google Pay or PayPal and won't take a credit card dwayneb Monday #40
I joined a You Tube channel and I pay every month with my CC. I have also bought the content creator Raftergirl Monday #41
My debit card seems instant enough for me. bucolic_frolic Sunday #21
Thanks. Yes, time to find another pay system or just drop them. yes. yes riversedge Sunday #24
I think you'll find that all pay systems have similar policies Abnredleg Sunday #28
Glad I finally got around to cancelling my paypal account recently. Talitha Sunday #30
I have a paypal account, but I almost never use it. DFW Sunday #31
Check their privacy and/or update section. Baitball Blogger Sunday #32
OK; I'll look for that, thanks! n/t DFW Sunday #34
I only used it once for a limited time and I've already killed my account. lindysalsagal Sunday #33
Thank you! Just closed my account. ananda Sunday #35
I kicked pay pal to the curb ages ago, B.See Sunday #37
My PayPal account was hacked on Ebay. I Emile Monday #39
Cash is king, ok not, but maybe it sould be. Prairie_Seagull Monday #42
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