Hmm I bought something a few days ago from an online retailer they only accepted paypal as payment when I hit the pay now button a new page opened and said something like paypal quick pay, hit OK then the pages showed my address and the usual choice of paying by card or existing paypal balance all very well but I was Not signed into my paypal account at all went to bed wondering how the ** could that work and be ok
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Jul 10, 2020
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if you allow 3rd party cookies, all bets are off.
Maybe you inadvertantly enabled Paypal Quickpay on a previous purchase with another retailer. As with Amazon Prime and Ebay quick checkout (or whatever) Paypal Quickpay is another new "feature" which its somethimes necessary to conscious steps to avoid.
michael adams
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stored paypal cookie
Are you able to name the cookie, so I can delete it?
A quick Google reveals merchants can enable this on their website and pay Paypal 2.5% of the sale price plus 30p per sale. Elsewhere its suggested its possible to turn this feature off on Paypal settings but all I can find is a box marked "passport" which is already ticked.
michael adams
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Its called OneTouch
To turn it off
You can easily de-activate One Touch by turning it off within your PayPal account. Just go to your PayPal profile, click the Settings icon next to ?Log out.?, then click the Security tab, and edit your ?One Touch ? for auto login at checkout? option.
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The above works - at least it lets you change the setting.
michael adams
I have 6, all with "Paypal" as part of the name.
Um...why not go to PayPal settings, and disable OneTouch etc.? Seems a lot easier.
Were you on a computer or the smart phone? Often the browser will auto log in if you asked it to remember your password. Seen it on Amazon on the puter as well. Brian
Its normally done for your convenience. Nothing is passed off unless a legitimate request comes in I find or it will ask. Brian
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