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Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide proof you have authorized it to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.
When you exercise any of your applicable legal rights to access, amend, or delete your personal information, we may request additional information from you for the purpose of confirming your identity.
where the EU GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we will respond within one calendar month of receiving a verifiable request, and where your request is complex...we may extend that period by up to a further two months.
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"We may first need to verify who you are before we can respond to your request. If permitted or required under privacy laws, we may ask you to provide us with information necessary to reasonably verify your identity...Excerpt from PayPal's Privacy Statement
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The clause states: “We may first need to verify who you are before we can respond to your request. If permitted or required under privacy laws, we may ask you to provide us with information necessary to reasonably verify your identity...”
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