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An automated risk determination by PayPal can directly result in denial, termination, or restriction of services, with significant consequences for the user's access to financial services.
Interpretive note: The excerpt references a prior automated decision-making process implicitly through context, but the canonical claim is grounded solely in what this clause explicitly states about the consequences of a risk determination. The connection to Automated Decision Making is not stated within this excerpt itself.
If PayPal determines the reader poses a credit, fraud, money laundering, or other risk, the reader may be denied new services, lose access to current services, or have services restricted.
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An automated risk determination by PayPal can directly result in denial, termination, or restriction of services, with significant consequences for the user's access to financial services.
If PayPal determines the reader poses a credit, fraud, money laundering, or other risk, the reader may be denied new services, lose access to current services, or have services restricted.
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