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The clause establishes PayPal's operational authority to generate derivative data categories from primary transaction and behavioral data, expanding the scope of personal attributes the entity processes beyond information users directly provide. This inferred data feeds into risk modeling, personalization, and service administration functions.
Users' transaction and service interaction patterns become inputs for algorithmic inference of sensitive attributes. The terms authorize PayPal to retain and use these inferred categories (such as creditworthiness assessments and purchasing preference profiles) in service operations and partner interactions without explicit user confirmation of the inferences drawn.
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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 clause establishes PayPal's operational authority to generate derivative data categories from primary transaction and behavioral data, expanding the scope of personal attributes the entity processes beyond information users directly provide. This inferred data feeds into risk modeling, personalization, and service administration functions.
Users' transaction and service interaction patterns become inputs for algorithmic inference of sensitive attributes. The terms authorize PayPal to retain and use these inferred categories (such as creditworthiness assessments and purchasing preference profiles) in service operations and partner interactions without explicit user confirmation of the inferences drawn.
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