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posted by janrinok on Monday June 08 2015, @04:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the shafted dept.

According to siliconbeat.com, it appears that the latest terms and conditions to use PayPal include you agreeing to accept telemarketing calls...

Well, says the BBC, get ready for a new barrage, because changes to PayPal's terms and conditions starting in July state that users must accept automated marketing calls, emails and texts:

The eBay-owned company told the BBC that it "would honour any customers' requests to decline marketing outreach". But no such opt-out is included in the terms and conditions. Instead customers are invited to either accept or decline.

"If you do not agree to the amended user agreement, privacy policy or acceptable use policy, you may close your account before July 1, 2015 and you will not be bound by the amended terms," the document states.

The linked article later goes on:

The user agreement goes on to state: "You consent to receive autodialed or pre-recorded calls and text messages from PayPal at any telephone number that you have provided us or that we have otherwise obtained."

See how slippery this slope is? If PayPal somehow "obtains" your grandma's home phone, grandma might also start getting unwanted calls because, as the agreement goes on to say, PayPal "may share your phone numbers with our affiliates."

PayPal does say that its robocalls would be used to help customers with account issues or resolve disputes. But it also states that they could be for "offers and promotions," perhaps the two most dreaded words these days among consumers burned out by a nonstop onslaught of in-your-face advertising for things we never wanted in the first place.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2015, @01:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2015, @01:44AM (#193884)

    I also use per service email addresses and am surprised who sells my information (in some cases I suspect compromised systems or bad employees).

    As for the throwaway services I don't want to contact me, I just point them to the the FCC. I figure if they start robocalling the FCC complaint line it will get some attention. Alternatively you can offer a fax line, various per minute toll lines (in case their calling system is misconfigured they can ring up some serious charges), etc.