Especially do it for 23andMe because they’re going out of business and will just be doing it to increase the sale price

23andMe are going out of business?

The whole board (except CEO) resigned last month because they couldn’t agree in a buyout option

Given how much data they hold on a significant number of people, that’s mildly terrifying.

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To turn opt out of this (and you absolutely should), log into your PayPal account and then go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping.

I have personal and business PayPal accounts, and don’t even see those privacy options in either one.

Are these privacy concerns only seen in certain countries?

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GDPR and the like! Europe is trying to protect us and evidently something is working!

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Yeah I checked - Aussie and I don’t see it in PayPal

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I’m in the US, and I saw the setting. Unsurprisingly.

Jo Miran
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I checked my PayPal account and the option for personalized shopping was unchecked. Maybe they changed the default opt-in behaviour?

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Linkedin also wants to steal all your content to train AI. #winning

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