This analysis describes what eBay's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
The clause restricts eBay's use of automated decision-making to three defined bases, providing users with a conditional protection against consequential automated outcomes.
eBay's updated privacy notice now provides more structured and detailed information about what personal data it collects, why it processes that data, and how it handles cross-border transfers. The addition of explicit data protection officer contact information and a clear table of contents makes the privacy framework more accessible and transparent. You can review the new notice to understand what data categories eBay collects and contact the designated data protection officer with privacy concerns.
View change record →Users are protected from significantly affecting automated decisions except in three named circumstances, one of which requires their own prior consent.
How other platforms handle this
Anthropic does not engage in decision making based solely on automated processing or profiling in a manner which produces a legal effect...or significantly affects you in a similar way...
We use automated decision-making to help improve our products and services to you. For example, we may use automated technologies to send you job alert emails regarding roles that may be of interest to you based upon your search criteria...
Object to an automated decision-making (including profiling) in certain circumstances.
Monitoring
eBay has changed this document before.
Receive same-day alerts, structured change summaries, and monitoring for up to 25 platforms.
"We will not make any automated decisions about you that would significantly affect you unless such a decision is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract with you, we have obtained your consent, or we are required by applicable law...— Excerpt from eBay's eBay Privacy Notice
How Meta, TikTok, and Supabase restructured governance language across documents, jurisdictions, and consent frameworks through incremental document updates.
How 10 AI platforms describe the use of user data for model training, improvement, and development, based on archived governance provisions.
Compliance Governance Intelligence
Need to monitor specific governance provisions?
Compliance includes provision-level monitoring, governance timelines, regulatory mapping, and audit-ready analysis.
Built from archived source documents, structured governance mappings, and historical version tracking.
The clause restricts eBay's use of automated decision-making to three defined bases, providing users with a conditional protection against consequential automated outcomes.
Users are protected from significantly affecting automated decisions except in three named circumstances, one of which requires their own prior consent.
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 215 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by eBay.