PayPal Knows What Kind of Underwear You Wear and Will Be Telling Everyone!

Soon whether you wear boxers or briefs will no longer be a closely-held secret because of a data privacy move by PayPal.

At the beginning of October, PayPal sent out an email to its members making a change to its legal agreements in late November.

It doesn’t sound particularly unnerving because they are going to provide information to help you shop. The way that is going to be accomplished, however, has some people concerned. Their more detailed notice states:

*MOUSE PRINT:

The key update to the Privacy Statement (link 1, link 2) explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like… [emphasis added]

How do they know what you like? According to the Wall Street Journal, they will review your shopping and purchase history, and then sell that information to advertisers.

In most states, your purchases made starting two days before Black Friday will be shared with others unless you opt-out. To opt-out, after you login to PayPay.com, click the settings gear, and then select:

How do you feel about PayPal sharing your very specific shopping information?