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Ebay Changes Privacy Policy

Posted by timothy on from the buy-it-now dept.

omarius writes: "Ebay is changing their privacy policy (the Ebay FAQ on the new policy is here). According to this article on CNET, this means they can share your auction history with anyone. I heard it this morning on NPR, and am considering cancelling my account."

2 of 18 comments (clear)

  1. Re:eBay can by filtrs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As far as I can tell from reading their new policy and the FAQ, NOTHING really changed here. These changes were already made in their last revision, they simply changed language to clarify the existing changes. It was the last round of changes that really screwed their customers.

    I don't care much (except for the fact that I hate to see ANY privacy lost), they aren't selling my info, eBay was never my thing.

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  2. So what? by Kris_J · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I already disclose more information via my "About Me" page on eBay and my personal web site than eBay discloses to other eBay members. In fact, I've recently pulled a bit of information and some links to keep within eBay's guidelines.

    Out of the 100+ auctions that I did in January, half a dozen people didn't pay, some of which have purposely obscured their contact information (no address, wrong phone number). Quite frankly, auctions shouldn't be nearly as anonymous as eBay makes possible.

    There can be no real trust without real disclosure.