PayPal uses automated systems employing profiling techniques to assess users' credit risk, fraud indicators, and money-laundering risk without requiring full human review; these assessments can result in refusal of new services, termination of existing services, or account restrictions. Users in the UK and EEA retain the right to seek human review of consequential automated decisions; US users are noted to have limited or no opt-out right under current US privacy laws.
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This provision establishes that account access and service availability may be determined by automated systems with limited human involvement, and that PayPal reserves the authority to refuse, restrict, or terminate services based on automated risk assessments. For EEA and UK users, this provision implicates GDPR Article 22, which governs automated decision-making with significant effects and requires human review mechanisms upon request.
⚠ Automated risk assessments will apply to account access and service eligibility as stated in the terms
⚠ Users who do not request human review of an automated decision may remain subject to the restriction or refusal as determined by the automated system
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Compare across platforms →"PayPal uses Automated Decision Making technology to make assessments or decisions, including related to risk, fraud and creditworthiness, where permitted and in accordance with applicable law. Our Automated Decision Making technology may use profiling techniques to evaluate personal aspects about you, including to analyze or predict your economic situation, reliability and/or behavior. This enables us to assess, for example, whether you display traits indicating possible credit or financial risk, money laundering or fraudulent activity, that are inconsistent with any submissions you have made to us, or that suggest you have hidden your real identity. In making an Automated Decision, PayPal may process Users' Personal Information. If we determine that you pose a credit, fraud, money laundering or other risk, we may refuse to provide new services to you, stop providing services you currently use, or place limits or restrictions on the services you use.Excerpt from PayPal's Privacy Statement
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Article 22 (automated individual decision-making including profiling) for EEA and UK residents, which requires that data subjects have the right to obtain human intervention, express their point of view, …
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This provision establishes that account access and service availability may be determined by automated systems with limited human involvement, and that PayPal reserves the authority to refuse, restrict, or terminate services based on automated risk assessments. For EEA and UK users, this provision implicates GDPR Article 22, which governs automated decision-making with significant effects and requires human review mechanisms upon …
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