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PayPal plans an ad network built off your purchase history (www.theregister.com)

submitted 5 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's per store though, presumably when they sign up with a payment provider (because there's a lot of rules about e.g. using credit cards to gamble with).

If I buy sex toys from Tesco, it's still showing up as "groceries". If I buy from a sex shop, it's going to be more clear cut.

I can see from my emails that PayPal send out itemised receipts on behalf of their customers, so they're definitely collecting more data than the big two.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If I buy from a sex shop, it’s going to be more clear cut.

Life pro tip: Open a sex shop that sells groceries, to devalue the data analysis ^^

[–] odelik@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago

Surprise! You've been acquired by Amazon!