“(i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption”
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This prohibition covers both sides of a corrupt transaction—offering and receiving—and is defined by the purpose of the payment, not merely its label.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a partial clause beginning with a list marker '(i)', indicating it is one item in a broader list. Other items in that list are not quoted and may contain additional independent prohibitions.
If you use PayPal, you are prohibited from conducting any transaction whose purpose is bribery or corruption, whether you are the party offering or the party receiving the payment.
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"(i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruptionExcerpt from PayPal's Acceptable Use Policy
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This prohibition covers both sides of a corrupt transaction—offering and receiving—and is defined by the purpose of the payment, not merely its label.
If you use PayPal, you are prohibited from conducting any transaction whose purpose is bribery or corruption, whether you are the party offering or the party receiving the payment.
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