What is the severity of this clause?

ConductAtlas classifies this Opt-Out of Sharing With Partners for Personalized Shopping clause as high severity. Severity reflects the magnitude of rights affected, the breadth of users impacted, and the degree of discretion the platform retains.

Do other platforms have similar clauses?

Yes. ConductAtlas has identified similar Opt-Out of Sharing With Partners for Personalized Shopping clauses across approximately 291 other tracked platforms. You can compare how platforms differ on this clause type in the cross-platform comparison view.

Opt-Out of Sharing With Partners for Personalized Shopping — PayPal

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Opting out of this data sharing requires affirmative user action through a specific in-account setting, meaning sharing continues unless the user takes that step.

Clause Stability Stable

Changes

Months Monitored

Jul 10, 2026

First Seen

Jul 10, 2026

Last Seen

This clause type exists across 5195 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The reader must actively log in and change Data and Privacy settings to prevent PayPal from disclosing their Personal Information to Partners and Merchants for personalized shopping.

How other platforms handle this

Skillshare Medium

The right to know with whom we have shared your Personal Data, for what purposes, and what Personal Data has been shared (including whether Personal Data was disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes)

Discord Medium

We may use your information to let you know about new products or features we think you'll like...You may opt-out of receiving such marketing communications.

GitHub Medium

If GitHub detects the GPC signal from your device, GitHub will not share your data (we do not sell your data).

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD

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To opt-out of disclosures of Personal Information to Partners and Merchants for personalized shopping experiences, log into your PayPal account and edit your preferences in the Data and Privacy setting.

— Excerpt from PayPal's PayPal Privacy Statement

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA

California, USA

Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments

US-CT

CAN-SPAM

United States Federal

FCRA

United States Federal

FTC Act Section 5

United States Federal

GDPR

European Union

GLBA

United States Federal

Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act

US-IN

Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act

US-KY

TCPA

United States Federal

UK GDPR

United Kingdom

Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026

Provision details

Document information

Document

PayPal Privacy Statement

Entity

PayPal

Document last updated

May 5, 2026

Tracking information

First tracked

July 9, 2026

Last verified

July 9, 2026

Record ID

CA-P-020209

Document ID

CA-D-00045

Evidence Provenance

Source URL

https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

Wayback Machine

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Content hash (SHA-256)

323a171a636780ae11796995ce3314342502ac7d4a05f085477133259b344eb1

Analysis generated

July 9, 2026 04:08 UTC

Methodology

summarize_document-v8

Evidence

✓ Snapshot stored ✓ Hash verified

Citation Record

Entity: PayPal
Document: PayPal Privacy Statement
Record ID: CA-P-020209
Captured: 2026-07-09 04:08:48 UTC
SHA-256: 323a171a636780ae…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/paypal/paypal-privacy-statement/provision/CA-P-020209/opt-out-of-sharing-with-partners-for-personalized-shopping/
Accessed: July 12, 2026

Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.

Classification

Severity

High

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does PayPal's Opt-Out of Sharing With Partners for Personalized Shopping clause do?

Opting out of this data sharing requires affirmative user action through a specific in-account setting, meaning sharing continues unless the user takes that step.

How does this clause affect you?

The reader must actively log in and change Data and Privacy settings to prevent PayPal from disclosing their Personal Information to Partners and Merchants for personalized shopping.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 291 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with PayPal?

No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by PayPal.