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submitted 5 months ago by badelf@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Wall Street Journal (paywalled) The digital payments company plans to build an ad sales business around the reams of data it generates from tracking the purchases as well as the broader spending behaviors of millions of consumers who use its services, which include the more socially-enabled Venmo app.

PayPal has hired Mark Grether, who formerly led Uber’s advertising business, to lead the effort as senior vice president and general manager of its newly-created PayPal Ads division.

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[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Banks don’t have an ad business like this, though they will have some advertising in general.

They also all, I believe by law, have opt-out for all third party sharing of data for this purpose.

this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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