Paypal 再度修改 user agreement

Paypal, 網路上最大的小額付費機制，昨日(Feb.13)寄發給會員新的 user agreement(海外版). 我使用 paypal 大概有一年多的時間，因此被特赦在下次登入的六十日之內，決定是否同意新的條款。若不同意，只好吃自己的。懷疑新條款我們這些善良的人類(no robot-agent)是否能解讀：

Re-organize the information into 1) a User Agreement that sets out the basic legal relationship between you and PayPal, and 2) various Policies that set the rules for how the PayPal service works. This reorganization is intended to help you more easily understand your legal rights and obligations and to help you find answers to your questions on our various services more quickly. It also is intended to make the format of our User Agreement more consistent with that of our parent company, eBay.

Update our arbitration clause in order to clarify your dispute resolution alternatives in the event that you have a dispute that cannot be resolved through normal customer service channels.

Paypal 在去年底已由 ebay 所併購，並且與原來的付費機制(ebay payment)整合。另外，電子灣(ebay)在台灣這邊併購力傳資訊的過程相當不順利，一直到現在，雖然拍賣介面有所地域化，但仍是難以回天。這個消息對去年八月底趕來台灣的總裁 Meg Whitman 而言，絕對是第二記巴掌(第一記為 ebay 退出日本市場)。

Paypal(now an ebay’s company) 這種動不動就修改使用者同意條款的舉措，相當令人感冒。雖然我會安慰自己說『使用者的眼睛或許是雪亮的』，但不要忘記的是『行為則是被綁標的』。我還在研究 c2it, 看是否能為自己的最後尊嚴作解套。