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This provision clarifies the scope of PayPal's data collection practices across its service ecosystem, extending personal information collection beyond account holders to transactional users. The linking mechanism establishes a procedural basis for consolidating transaction histories across the account creation lifecycle.
Individuals who use PayPal services without establishing a PayPal account are subject to personal information collection by PayPal under this provision. If such individuals later create a PayPal account, their prior transaction information may be consolidated with their account profile under the terms stated.
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"Our Services may be accessed by individuals without a PayPal account or profile. We will collect Personal Information from you even if you are a non-account holder when you use our Services, such as when you use our Pay without a PayPal Account, use Unbranded Payment Services (e.g., Braintree), use a Fastlane profile, or when you receive a payment through the Visa+ service from a PayPal account holder or a payment from a payor using the Hyperwallet services. If you Pay without a PayPal account, we may link your transaction information with your PayPal account if you create a PayPal account later.— Excerpt from PayPal's PayPal Privacy Statement
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This provision clarifies the scope of PayPal's data collection practices across its service ecosystem, extending personal information collection beyond account holders to transactional users. The linking mechanism establishes a procedural basis for consolidating transaction histories across the account creation lifecycle.
Individuals who use PayPal services without establishing a PayPal account are subject to personal information collection by PayPal under this provision. If such individuals later create a PayPal account, their prior transaction information may be consolidated with their account profile under the terms stated.
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