Category: honey

Amazon calls PayPal’s $4 billion Honey browser add-on a ‘security risk’

[ad_1] In the warning it showed to buyers, Amazon wrote: “Honey tracks your private shopping behavior, collects data like your order history and items saved, and can read or change any of your data on any website you visit.” Politico’s Ryan Hutchins tweeted a screenshot of the warning and noted that that’s “how all browser […]

PayPal buys money-saving service Honey for $4 billion

[ad_1] That’s because PayPal has snapped up Honey, the popular money-saving service, in a deal worth $4 billion. It’s PayPal’s biggest ever acquisition and will see both companies attempt to further “simplify and personalize shopping experiences for consumers,” while helping more than 30,000 retailers get those customers through their online checkouts. Over 17 million people […]