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"We may change this User Privacy Notice at any time by posting the revised User Privacy Notice on this website and indicating the effective date of the revised User Privacy Notice. As a registered user, you will be notified of any material changes to this User Privacy Notice via My Messages in My eBay and/or by email."

eBay reserves the right to change the privacy notice at any time by simply posting updates on their website. While they notify registered users of material changes, continued use constitutes acceptance.

"Where necessary, we transmit your personal data to processors and the following recipients for one or several of the purposes described above: eBay Affiliates, External service providers, Other eBay users, Law enforcement agencies, courts, government agencies or public authorities... Third-party advertising partners such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, Pinterest, and TikTok, as listed on our Advertising and related preferences page."

eBay shares user data with a wide network of third parties including major advertising platforms (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Pinterest, TikTok), credit agencies, payment providers, and numerous eBay affiliates worldwide.

"Location data, including your general location data (e.g. IP address) and, with your permission, the precise location data of your mobile device. Please note that for most mobile devices, you can manage or disable the use of precise location services for all applications in the settings menu of your mobile device."

eBay collects general location data (IP-based) automatically without consent, and precise GPS location data with permission. IP-based geolocation is collected passively on every interaction.

"This enables us, in particular, to provide you, with your consent as legally required, with information about products and services, which we believe might interest you, and improve our products, services, content, and advertising by analyzing your use of the services of eBay Affiliates, in particular through the matching of certain data (e.g. cookie IDs)."

eBay matches cookie IDs and other data across its network of affiliates to build unified user profiles, enabling cross-service tracking of user behavior across the eBay ecosystem.

"Model or device type, operating system and version, browser type and settings, device ID or individual device identifier, advertisement ID, individual device token, and cookie-related data (e.g. cookie ID). The IP address from which your device accesses our Services. Certain metadata recording the settings of your camera included in images of items you upload for sale."

eBay collects extensive device fingerprinting data including device IDs, advertisement IDs, device tokens, camera metadata from uploaded photos, and detailed browser/OS information that goes beyond basic functionality needs.

"In Europe, the retention periods are generally between 6 and 10 years (e.g. for contracts, notifications and business letters). As far as legally permissible or required, we restrict the processing of your data instead of deleting it (e.g. by restricting access to it). This applies in particular to cases where we may still need the data for the execution of the contract or for the assertion of or defense against legal claims."

eBay retains personal data for 6-10 years in Europe, and may restrict rather than delete data even after retention periods. The policy lacks specific deletion timelines for many data categories and allows broad exceptions to keep data longer.