Paypal Violated Their Contract in Poland and Will Be Fined $27 Million
A Polish regulator fined PayPal $27.3 million over allegedly “unprecedented” user agreement violations.
The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) said in a Monday (July 15) press release that it determined PayPal’s contract language did not inform consumers which activities could cause them to incur penalties.
“The nature of the violations is unprecedented,” said UOKiK President Tomasz Chróstny in the release. “For a consumer, using PayPal’s services under the disputed clauses is unpredictable. PayPal’s clauses are generic, ambiguous and incomprehensible. When reading these provisions, a consumer cannot predict which of their actions may be considered prohibited, or what sanctions may be imposed on them by the entrepreneur.”
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