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Automated systems, rather than humans, are used to make determinations about fraud and risk that may affect the reader's access to PayPal's products and services.
Interpretive note: The excerpt states Automated Decision Making is also used to provide products and Services generally; the canonical claim focuses on the risk analysis and fraud prevention use as the most legally consequential primary proposition.
The reader's transactions and account activity may be subject to automated risk and fraud assessments made without human review.
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Automated systems, rather than humans, are used to make determinations about fraud and risk that may affect the reader's access to PayPal's products and services.
The reader's transactions and account activity may be subject to automated risk and fraud assessments made without human review.
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