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This restriction limits how sellers and other users can leverage customer data obtained through PayPal, specifically blocking marketing use without prior customer consent.
If you receive personal data from PayPal, you are prohibited from using it for marketing or any purpose beyond what is necessary and relevant to PayPal services, unless the customer has given prior consent.
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"Any personal data provided to you by PayPal...will be used by you only to the limited extent that is necessary and relevant to the PayPal services and for no other purpose, including marketing purposes, unless you have obtained the prior consent of the customer.Excerpt from PayPal's User Agreement
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This restriction limits how sellers and other users can leverage customer data obtained through PayPal, specifically blocking marketing use without prior customer consent.
If you receive personal data from PayPal, you are prohibited from using it for marketing or any purpose beyond what is necessary and relevant to PayPal services, unless the customer has given prior consent.
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