Met with folk in Trust & Safety today, t…
/ March 4, 2010 2 COMMENTS

Met with folk in Trust & Safety today, then saw this article. Pretty timely to say the least. A very good read: Online Advertising Recall

Heading off to a meeting with the Trust …
/ March 4, 2010 1 COMMENTS

Heading off to a meeting with the Trust & Safety team. Wonder if they have any info nuggets for Ink.

FDA Consumer Alert regarding Alli
/ January 19, 2010 0 COMMENTS

The following was posted to the eBay Announcement Board earlier this afternoon. I wanted to share with Ink readers. Will share more as I get it. Cheers, RBH The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a consumer alert about Alli, a weight loss drug currently found on multiple websites and search engines. eBay works…

eBay’s Privacy Rules approved by EU Members States
/ November 10, 2009 1 COMMENTS

While I was attending the PayPal X conference in SF last week, eBay enjoyed a fairly significant achievement over in Europe. Specifically, 14 EU data protection authorities approved eBay’s privacy standards and procedures. In a nutshell, as of last Thursday, Luxembourg’s National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) has formally approved eBay’s binding corporate rules (BCRs) for…

PayPal Now Available in 24 Countries
/ November 3, 2009 0 COMMENTS

In what promises to be the second press release of many here at PayPal X Innovate 09, PayPal today announced that it has added five new currencies and now supports payments in 24 currencies including the U.S. Dollar, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, Singapore Dollar, Taiwan New Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, Euro, Swiss…

PayPal Opens Its Global Payments Platform
/ November 3, 2009 0 COMMENTS

PayPal unveiled new capabilities and enhancements for its Adaptive Payments APIs, expanding payment functionality for multiple recipients and on multiple platforms. New capabilities include:

PayPal Radio Schedule for 9/29/09
/ September 28, 2009 0 COMMENTS

All, Just a quick reminder that Jason Miner hosts another edition of PayPal Radio tomorrow at 5pm ET / 2pm PT. Checking out the PayPal blog post today, it looks like he has a pretty good schedule lined up… – Tod Cohen, eBay VP of Government Relations will discuss eCommerce Policy – Monroe Labouisse, PayPal’s…

eBay Recognized As Most Trusted Company for Privacy
/ September 16, 2009 0 COMMENTS

Privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute along with Internet privacy leader TRUSTe have named eBay the 2009 Most Trusted Company for Privacy, citing the company as proof that an e-commerce site can protect consumer privacy while handling massive volumes of sensitive data across the globe. eBay moved from #2 overall last year to…

eBay SM App of the day: VZAAR
/ August 19, 2009 1 COMMENTS

On Monday, eBay announced the launch of its SM Applications program meaning that for the first time, sellers of all sizes, can access tools embedded within my.ebay.com targeted at helping grow businesses, reduce costs and streamline operations. Due to the many different applications being made available, solving for various different business solutions, I thought it…

New eBay User Agreement
/ August 18, 2009 1 COMMENTS

An updated eBay User Agreement was posted earlier today in order to help implement the policy changes announced in the Seller Release details last month. The update is an extension of the changes announced back in May of this year. From the AB post: The biggest change to the agreement supports the new on-eBay resolution…