Why do i have to accept facebooks ToS when using paypal in the steam client?

[Nelly]

Is my account compromised or did i missed something?

[FRQDO]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ChAiNsOwnZu:

Well what was the workaround?

Instead of using the Steam client to buy the game, I opened up a browser (Chrome in my case) and went to https://store.steampowered.com, logged in, added the game to my cart, selected "My PayPal account" during checkout, and there was no mention of Facebook ToS anymore.


Side note:
Before completing the purchase, I once again tried to buy it via the Steam client to see if maybe the issue had coincidentally been resolved at the exact moment I tried to find a workaround. There, the Facebook ToS stuff appeared again.

[shannow42]

You can avoid the Messenger/Facebook issue if you untick the save your Paypal details when purchasing.

[♥♥tutor♥♥tαrα♥♥]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από FRQDO:

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Save PayPal for payments authorized to www.steampowered.com. If your chosen payment method is unavailable, PayPal can use the other payment methods linked to your account, according to PayPal Policies. You can change your selected payment method or cancel in your account settings.

This authorization skips PayPal login when shopping in Facebook and Messenger. For security, we'll occasionally ask you to enter your username and password. You can cancel this authorization in your PayPal Account Settings.

Get PayPal receipts in Messenger
Any notifications sent to Messenger may include personal data that can be used according to Facebook’s Data Policy

(Agree and Pay)

Thank you for posting the exact wording and when you do and don't see it.


Looking at the wording, it does not apply to those Steam purchases: "when shopping in Facebook and Messenger' - you are not shopping in Facebook or Messenger, so that section does not apply. And "Any notifications sent to Messenger' - no notification about the Steam purchase will be sent to Messenger since you are not making a purchase through Facebook or Messenger, so that section does not apply.

I don't think that wording says that you have to accept Facebook's ToS, nor does it say that Facebook will send you anything or give data to Facebook (in reply to the OP and two other posts).

I don't know why some Steam users get that wording and others don't (I don't get that when I use PayPal from Steam client, website, or mobile app). I wonder if this is a glitch or if it means that Valve will be letting people buy Steam games through Facebook sometime in the future.

[hewimeddel]

Thank you for the tip with the browser.

Even before posting here i tried with two browsers: Vivaldi and Edge.

After your post i also tried Firefox and with Firefox i do not have to accept that my data is transferred to facebook. (I hope this means that it isn't...)

bye
hewi

[Smithhead]

Thanks for the tip, Firefox worked for me. May be time to stop using Paypal.

[Essence of Zem]

I just got the weird Facebook addition about Messenger when trying to authorize a purchase via Paypal using the Steam client. Can confirm that going through the Steam store via browser (Firefox) instead brought up the usual Paypal agreement with no mention of the Facebook crap.

I also do not have a Facebook linked to my Paypal account.

The "Accept and Pay" to confirm the purchase made me pause in the client because I couldn't remember if that's how it always comes up. It can definitely make you feel like you're suddenly agreeing to something with Facebook that you don't want to agree to. But, that part of things is the same via the browser, too, so I imagine the client message isn't actually making you agree to anything for Facebook at all and is meant to be more informational than anything else.

It's still weird, though, that the two authorization messages are different.

[traker]

just had the same happen to me for first time.
Didnt like the look of it thought it was probably some type of scam went back to steam redid the purchase and the facebook messenger thing didnt come up, just the normal paypal setup and went through.
Very suspicious. all though i had the log in to paypal the first time so i will change password just in case

[lightwo]

A couple of times I've purchased something through the (old) Steam mobile app with PayPal, I've seen some Messenger notices, but I dismissed them and don't recall taking any action. Does the situation differ, and if I accidentally managed to agree to that BS, is there a way it can be undone?

Obviously, I have no Facebook account, but I am surprised to not have noticed the dark pattern back then.

In any case, I hope the Facebook notice doesn't imply anything changes if the payment was authorised, but is an optional (dis)service offer.

[Jade]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ChAiNsOwnZu:

Well what was the workaround?

Instead of using the Steam client to buy the game, I opened up a browser (Chrome in my case) and went to https://store.steampowered.com, logged in, added the game to my cart, selected "My PayPal account" during checkout, and there was no mention of Facebook ToS anymore.


Side note:
Before completing the purchase, I once again tried to buy it via the Steam client to see if maybe the issue had coincidentally been resolved at the exact moment I tried to find a workaround. There, the Facebook ToS stuff appeared again.

This ^^ worked for me. I kept getting the "Payment linked to Messenger" within the Steam client when I tried to use Paypal in Steam, too. I'm like NO WAY!! So, I'm happy that the above person found this work around. When I paid via Paypal using the browser (not the client) there was no attempt to connect to Messenger.

[ChAiNsOwnZu]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από FRQDO:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ChAiNsOwnZu:

Well what was the workaround?

Instead of using the Steam client to buy the game, I opened up a browser (Chrome in my case) and went to https://store.steampowered.com, logged in, added the game to my cart, selected "My PayPal account" during checkout, and there was no mention of Facebook ToS anymore.


Side note:
Before completing the purchase, I once again tried to buy it via the Steam client to see if maybe the issue had coincidentally been resolved at the exact moment I tried to find a workaround. There, the Facebook ToS stuff appeared again.

Thanks alot for r eplying, will so this next time i make a purchase tru pp

[Elfy]

I recently had this issue myself, Paypal had no option (where it was supposed to be under Notifications - social), Messenger/FB had no option. Also a non steam purchase was normal too.
But deselecting 'save details' option seemed to clear it up. Next would be use brower
I was wary of accepting the purchase with the messenger crap as while it may just be a issue where the wrong message was shown, I just wasn't comfortable taking that risk (coz f Meta) .

[warraw]

I just encountered the message about Facebook messenger.

What worked for me:

1. back to select payment method
   
2. Select *PayPal*, instead of "My PayPal-Account"
   
3. Deselect "Remember payment details..."

and done. Rest worked as expected.

[Ydyp]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από warraw:

I just encountered the message about Facebook messenger.

What worked for me:

1. back to select payment method
   
2. Select *PayPal*, instead of "My PayPal-Account"
   
3. Deselect "Remember payment details..."

and done. Rest worked as expected.

Perhaps should use that, as this problem does still exist and my workaround was to use the cancel link at the bottom which fails the steam purchase but just had to hit back and retry to get the normal Paypal without the Facebook piece of crap. But today that didn't work directly so moved to another payment method. Though would like to keep paypal as at least with refunds you can refund it back to your paypal account unlike when you use bankcontact where refunds only can go into your Steam wallet.

[dawfydd]

This?? why on earth would i want to give somebody else my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ info, luckily another post searching via google (because steams own engine is poo)