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PayPal updated their PayPal Privacy Statement on September 29, 2026. Change detected: 4 sentence(s) added, 9 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 561 sentences after update.
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0PayPal Privacy Statement Menu PayPal Privacy Statement Overview PayPal Privacy Statement Last updated on July 6, 2026 Overview PayPal, Inc. and our subsidiaries and affiliated companies ("we," "our," "us," "PayPal", "PayPal corporate group") provide this Privacy Statement to describe our use of your Personal Information when you use your PayPal account(s), visit our websites ("Sites"), apply for, or use our Services (to the extent available in your jurisdiction).0PayPal Privacy Statement Menu PayPal Privacy Statement Overview PayPal Privacy Statement Last updated on September 28, 2026 Overview PayPal, Inc. and our subsidiaries and affiliated companies ("we," "our," "us," "PayPal", "PayPal corporate group") provide this Privacy Statement to describe our use of your Personal Information when you use your PayPal account(s), visit our websites ("Sites"), apply for, or use our Services (to the extent available in your jurisdiction).
14We will collect Personal Information from you even if you are a non-account holder when you use our Services, such as when you use our Pay without a PayPal Account, use Unbranded Payment Services (e.g., Braintree), use a Fastlane profile, or when you receive a payment through the Visa+ service from a PayPal account holder or a payment from a payor using the Hyperwallet services.14We will collect Personal Information from you even if you are a non-account holder when you use our Services, such as when you use our Pay without a PayPal Account, use Unbranded Payment Services (e.g., Braintree), use a Fastlane profile, or when you receive a payment from a PayPal account holder (through the Visa+ service or other third party wallets, payment networks, and processors) or a payment from a payor using the Hyperwallet services.
50We will use information from third parties, including third-party wallets, payment networks, and processors, to process PayPal World transactions.
116In some cases, PayPal may not be permitted to provide you with information about such disclosures.
143For example, when you use the Services to initiate online purchases, save your payment information with Fastlane, pay other Users using the Services, pay recipients using Visa+, return goods, or when you participate in transactions through the payment network, we may disclose information about you and your account or Fastlane profile with the other parties (or their service providers) involved in processing your transactions.145For example, when you use the Services to initiate online purchases, save your payment information with Fastlane, pay other Users using the Services, pay recipients using Visa+, pay using PayPal World, return goods, or when you participate in transactions through the payment network, we may disclose information about you and your account or Fastlane profile with the other parties (or their service providers) involved in processing your transactions.
306Examples include Venmo, Honey Science LLC, Chargehound LLC, Paidy Inc., Simility, Swift Financial LLC, and Bill Me Later, Inc.308Examples include Venmo, Honey Science LLC, Chargehound LLC, Paidy Inc., Swift Financial LLC, and Bill Me Later, Inc.
314Services refers to all PayPal-branded or unbranded payment, financial, and personalization products and solutions, including transactions, rewards, advertising (including PayPal Ads), PayPal Groups, Fastlane, Xoom, Pool, Hyperwallet, credit and financing (including Partner and Merchant offerings), merchant tools, and emerging financial technologies (including Fastlane), with the exception of Excluded Services.316Services refers to all PayPal-branded or unbranded payment, financial, and personalization products and solutions, including transactions, rewards, advertising (including PayPal Ads), PayPal Groups, Fastlane, Xoom, Pool, Hyperwallet, credit and financing (including Partner and Merchant offerings), cryptocurrency services offered by PayPal Digital Inc.
317(a PayPal affiliate company), merchant tools, and emerging financial technologies (including Fastlane), with the exception of Excluded Services.
334Ltd. 5 Temasek Boulevard 09-01, Suntec Tower 5 Singapore 038985 Contact Online for Privacy queries Mexico Operadora PayPal de México, S. de R.L. de C.V Avenida General Mariano Escobedo 476, 14th Floor, Colonia Nueva Anzures, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico 11590 Contact Online for Privacy queries Norway PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg Contact Online for Privacy queries Iceland PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg Contact Online for Privacy queries Lichtenstein PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg Contact Online for Privacy queries Philippines PayPal Pte.337Ltd. 5 Temasek Boulevard 09-01, Suntec Tower 5 Singapore 038985 Contact Online for Privacy queries Mexico Operadora PayPal de México, S. de R.L. de C.V Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho 137, Piso 7, Polanco I Sección, Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11550, Ciudad de México, México Contact Online for Privacy queries Norway PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg Contact Online for Privacy queries Iceland PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg Contact Online for Privacy queries Lichtenstein PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg Contact Online for Privacy queries Philippines PayPal Pte.
354November 17, 2025 FACTS WHAT DOES PAYPAL DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?357September 28, 2026 FACTS WHAT DOES PAYPAL DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
368For our everyday business purposes – such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes No For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to you Yes No For joint marketing with other financial companies Yes No For our affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences Yes No For our affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness Yes Yes For our affiliates to market to you Yes Yes For our nonaffiliates to market to you Yes Yes To limit our sharing To limit our sharing You may limit certain sharing by logging into you PayPal Account and editing your preferences in the Data and Privacy setting.371For our everyday business purposes – such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes No For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to you Yes No For joint marketing with other financial companies Yes No For our affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences Yes No For our affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness No We don't share For our affiliates to market to you No We don't share For our nonaffiliates to market to you Yes Yes To limit our sharing To limit our sharing You may limit certain sharing by logging into you PayPal Account and editing your preferences in the Data and Privacy setting.
414Our Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information We may process your Personal Information in accordance with the lawful bases below under the General Data Protection Regulation Types of Data Lawful basis and special condition for processing (if relevant) These processing purposes include: to provide our Services, to fulfil relevant agreements with you and to otherwise administer our business relationship with you; to administer your payment for products and the customer relationship; to assess your creditworthiness in connection with your application, confirm your identity and your contact information, and protect you and others from fraud; to confirm your identity, also through the use of electronic signature, and verify your personal and contact details; to prove that transactions have been executed; to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim or collection procedure; to comply with internal procedures; to assess which payment options and services to offer you, for example by carrying out internal and external credit assessments; for customer analysis, to administer our Services, and for internal operations, for example troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and statistical purposes; to communicate with you in relation to our Services; to promote the security of the Services; to comply with applicable laws, such as AML and bookkeeping laws and rules issued by our designated banks and relevant card networks; specifically for Visa+, we will receive the recipient’s name and payment information from Visa and third-party Visa+ participating digital wallets for the purpose of processing and matching Visa+ payment transactions between participating digital wallets and PayPal; For Fastlane users, we may recognize you as a Fastlane user when you shop on participating Partner and Merchant sites, and we may prompt you to engage in participating Partner or Merchant interactions, such as registering for a store or loyalty account using your Fastlane profile.417Our Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information We may process your Personal Information in accordance with the lawful bases below under the General Data Protection Regulation Types of Data Lawful basis and special condition for processing (if relevant) These processing purposes include: to provide our Services, to fulfil relevant agreements with you and to otherwise administer our business relationship with you; to administer your payment for products and the customer relationship; to assess your creditworthiness in connection with your application, confirm your identity and your contact information, and protect you and others from fraud; to confirm your identity, also through the use of electronic signature, and verify your personal and contact details; to prove that transactions have been executed; to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim or collection procedure; to comply with internal procedures; to assess which payment options and services to offer you, for example by carrying out internal and external credit assessments; for customer analysis, to administer our Services, and for internal operations, for example troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and statistical purposes; to communicate with you in relation to our Services; to promote the security of the Services; to comply with applicable laws, such as AML and bookkeeping laws and rules issued by our designated banks and relevant card networks; specifically for Visa+, we will receive the recipient’s name and payment information from Visa and third-party Visa+ participating digital wallets for the purpose of processing and matching Visa+ payment transactions between participating digital wallets and PayPal; We will use information from third parties, including third-party wallets, payment networks, and processors, to process PayPal World transactions.
418For Fastlane users, we may recognize you as a Fastlane user when you shop on participating Partner and Merchant sites, and we may prompt you to engage in participating Partner or Merchant interactions, such as registering for a store or loyalty account using your Fastlane profile.
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