PayPal · PayPal Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement Revision with 30-Day Notice

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

PayPal collects an exceptionally broad range of personal data — including biometrics, precise geolocation, inferred creditworthiness, and full financial histories — and shares it with partners, merchants, credit reporting agencies, data brokers, and members of the PayPal corporate group. Automated decision-making, including AI-driven risk and fraud assessments, can directly affect your account status, credit access, and transaction approvals without transparent human review. You can review and limit certain data uses by visiting your PayPal account privacy settings at paypal.com/us/myaccount/privacy.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

PayPal's privacy practices can change materially without you receiving a direct notification — the only guaranteed notice is a posting on the PayPal website, which most consumers will never see.

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We may revise this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect changes to our business, Services, or applicable laws. If the revised version requires notice in accordance with applicable law, we will provide you with 30 days' prior notice by posting notice of the change on the Policy Updates or "Privacy Statement" page of our website, otherwise the revised Privacy Statement will be effective as of the published effective date.

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Provision details

Document information
Document
PayPal Privacy Statement
Entity
PayPal
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002339
Document ID
CA-D-00045
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
SHA-256
a5efa287f0b43a6a87f7dfc939ccb3c8edfb0ea67f476b2afeddf66fffa27690
Verified
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Change verified
How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: PayPal | Document: PayPal Privacy Statement | Record: CA-P-002339
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:34:43 UTC | SHA-256: a5efa287f0b43a6a…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/paypal/paypal-privacy-statement/privacy-statement-revision-with-30-day-notice/
Accessed: April 29, 2026
Classification
Severity
Medium
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