https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/privacy/ Ecommerce Industry News Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:51:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/privacy/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/12/12/customers-dont-trust-how-companies-use-their-data/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/12/12/customers-dont-trust-how-companies-use-their-data/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:51:50 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230180 Do you trust eBay, Amazon, Etsy, Facebook, and other ecommerce companies in how they use your data? A new report says there’s a perception gap in how top corporate leaders view such concerns from their customers. Three quarters (75%) of Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/12/12/customers-dont-trust-how-companies-use-their-data/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/09/11/sellers-check-the-contact-information-on-your-invoices/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:18:04 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229812 A sports reporter who uses Stripe to process payments for her paid newsletter on the Substack platform discovered her phone number and physical address was being published on invoices to her readers without her realizing it. A text from a Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/01/31/should-you-showcase-your-business-on-the-new-amazon-boards/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:46:29 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228816 Amazon officially welcomed sellers to its new Seller Forums on Monday and touted new features. One aspect Amazon didn’t highlight in the announcement was the fact the new boards display posters’ Amazon business names (many sellers use a handle rather Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/12/21/ebay-privacy-notice-updates-take-effect-december-23/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:10:59 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226822 The eBay User Privacy Notice is being updated in order to provide additional information about the kind of personal data eBay collects, processes, and shares about its customers. “It’s important to us that we keep your data safe and increase Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/12/08/ebay-publicly-displays-how-much-sellers-have-sold/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:44:46 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226754 This week, eBay began publishing how much a seller has sold on their eBay Stores homepages for all the world to see. eBay now publicly displays how much sellers have sold since opening their Stores. But it did not disclose Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/07/17/ebay-surveys-sellers-about-fraud-privacy-and-safety/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/07/17/ebay-surveys-sellers-about-fraud-privacy-and-safety/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:07:11 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=34569 eBay conducted a survey to ask sellers about their concerns over privacy and safety and asking them to share stories about any negative experiences they endured where they felt their privacy or safety was compromised with communication off of the Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/07/17/ebay-surveys-sellers-about-fraud-privacy-and-safety/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/05/22/ebay-and-etsy-send-urgent-pleas-to-sellers-on-saturday/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/05/22/ebay-and-etsy-send-urgent-pleas-to-sellers-on-saturday/#comments Sat, 22 May 2021 20:02:41 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=18212 eBay and Etsy sent urgent emails to sellers over the weekend about legislation in Congress that the marketplaces say would harm small sellers and that Etsy says would put sellers’ safety at risk. eBay warned, “Tell Your Senators Not To Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/05/22/ebay-and-etsy-send-urgent-pleas-to-sellers-on-saturday/feed/ 26 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/14/feds-asks-tech-firms-about-tracking-peoples-information/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/14/feds-asks-tech-firms-about-tracking-peoples-information/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:10:22 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17191 The US government asked some large tech companies on Monday about how they may be tracking the personal information of visitors and using them in algorithms. The FTC said it was sending orders to Amazon, TikTok, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/14/feds-asks-tech-firms-about-tracking-peoples-information/feed/ 2