PayPal may modify the user agreement for business accounts with as little as 5 days advance notice, provided via posting on the Policy Updates page or other written means including email. Personal accounts receive at least 21 days advance notice of changes that reduce rights or increase responsibilities.
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The agreement establishes a materially shorter advance notice period for business accounts (5 days) compared to personal accounts (21 days) for changes that reduce rights or increase responsibilities, which reduces the operational window for business account holders to assess and respond to material term changes.
Removal of specific 5-day notice requirement for business account changes eliminates a protection that gave business users advance notice of material modifications.
View full change record →Current version reduces notice requirements for business accounts to merely 5 days, allowing PayPal to implement material changes to agreements affecting merchants with minimal advance warning.
View full change record →Under this clause, business account holders are entitled to a minimum of 5 days advance notice of agreement changes that reduce rights or increase responsibilities, compared to the 21-day notice period for personal accounts. Continued use of PayPal services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
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"For business accounts, notice will include posting information about the changes on our Policy Updates page or providing information about the changes by other written means (which may include email). If you accepted this user agreement prior to us providing notice of the changes on the Policy Updates page or by other written means, then such notice will be provided at least 5 days before the applicable effective date.Excerpt from PayPal's User Agreement
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The agreement establishes a materially shorter advance notice period for business accounts (5 days) compared to personal accounts (21 days) for changes that reduce rights or increase responsibilities, which reduces the operational window for business account holders to assess and respond to material term changes.
Under this clause, business account holders are entitled to a minimum of 5 days advance notice of agreement changes that reduce rights or increase responsibilities, compared to the 21-day notice period for personal accounts. Continued use of PayPal services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
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