Manage your marketing preferences and learn how you can change your privacy settings in your PayPal account.
PayPal Privacy Center
Privacy is built into PayPal.
Your trust is important to us, so we want you to know how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.
Our commitment to you
Our privacy principles are at work every time you use PayPal.
How we use your data
For examples of when, how, and why your personal information is used, learn more about our privacy practices.
Help you pay and get paid
We use your name, email, and shipping address to help you make payments and purchases easily, and we don’t share your full financial information.
Personalize your experience
We use your online shopping activity and purchase history to tell you about products we think you’ll like.
Communicate with you
We use your data to update you on your PayPal activity and, if you’re subscribed to news and promotions, we’ll send info about other offers and services.
Help protect your account
We use your data to help prevent fraudulent use of your account, meet anti-money laundering requirements, and help keep you and the PayPal community safe.
Your privacy choices
If you have an account with PayPal
You can change settings and exercise your data rights directly in your account.
Data and privacy settings
Keep track of your privacy settings and permissions, update your personal and financial information, download a copy of your data from the app or online, and more in your data and privacy settings.
Notifications settings
Subscribe to or opt out of our marketing emails, choose how you want to get updates about your payments, and more in your notifications settings.
Have a business account? Log in to manage your settings.
If you used our other services like Fastlane or Xoom
You can access, correct, delete, or restrict our use of certain information we’ve collected while you used our services.
Fastlane
If you used Fastlane by PayPal to check out on a merchant’s site, you can log in to Fastlane to access, change, or request deletion of your data.
Xoom
If you have an account with Xoom, you can manage your communication preferences in your account settings. You can request a copy, change, or deletion of your data by contacting Xoom customer service.
Other choices
If you closed your account, checked out as a guest, or paid a merchant who uses PayPal to process payments, you can use the privacy portal to request a copy of your data.
Frequently asked questions
More about privacy at PayPal
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