PayPal are Tracking your IP – Did you see any warnings that “PAYPAL are TRACKING your IP?”

As you may have noticed, Paypal have terminated my account due to my use of a high security VPN – on the grounds that it’s a security risk. Paypal consider use of a VPN as a breach of their terms and conditions. Which is interesting, now that I’ve accidentally discovered that they’re tracking us. Geolocation tracking is an insidious form of surveillance. Yet they will have the audacity to argue that an open wifi in a coffee shop is not a breach of security. Now, ask yourself which has greatest security.. the open WIFI or the Ultra secure VPN? So what’s really going on here…

Thanks for the 50 comments from yesterday. Here’s an overview of what you need to consider with IP tracking by Paypal:

Paypal are tracking your IP.
There’s Data Retention on your IP – which in effect allows them to track your movements and whereabouts – and acts as a surveillance tool.
If you use a VPN, they will terminate your account – as a breach of “Security”. I wonder how many Paypal users know that they’re being tracked?
I certainly never gave my consent to tracking by PayPal. I wonder what other purposes they use your IP for.. and whether they resell or aggregate that data for third parties such as Councils, police and the tax man?

I wonder if their IP tracking of customers is a Data protection breach ?

Their data retention of users IP’s is in effect a tracking device. Does the ICO even know what they ‘re doing… without informed consent. I saw no notice “PAYPAL are tracking this IP”… did you? ..................read more)

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