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The provision establishes PayPal's operational authority to construct user profiles through data inference rather than direct collection alone, enabling the development of predictive attributes that inform risk assessment, fraud detection, and service personalization across its platform and partner ecosystem.
Users operating under these terms authorize PayPal to generate and retain inferred behavioral and financial profiles derived from their transaction history and platform interactions. This inferred data may be used to inform credit decisions, fraud assessments, and targeted offers within PayPal's service environment.
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"Inferred data: Such as gender, income, browsing and purchasing habits, creditworthiness, fraud and risk assessment, your preferences and shopping behavior, which we may infer based on your transactions and interactions with our Services, ads and offers or with our Partners and Merchants.— Excerpt from PayPal's PayPal Privacy Statement
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The provision establishes PayPal's operational authority to construct user profiles through data inference rather than direct collection alone, enabling the development of predictive attributes that inform risk assessment, fraud detection, and service personalization across its platform and partner ecosystem.
Users operating under these terms authorize PayPal to generate and retain inferred behavioral and financial profiles derived from their transaction history and platform interactions. This inferred data may be used to inform credit decisions, fraud assessments, and targeted offers within PayPal's service environment.
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