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Normally we are a small enough market that it takes a while to be worth sorting out whether they comply with our laws.
One that comes to mind is that data can only be used for the purpose it's collected, so I suspect adding this and opting people in would probably not be allowed. Grey area though, as it's not clear to me (IANAL) whether updating TS & Cs and telling people would be enough to be considered getting user consent. I suspect not, though, I think it would need to be opt in so you've actively got user consent.
So, most likely it's because our privacy laws are a bit stronger than their threshold, but also possibly because a small country of 5 million people (where paypal isn't that common) isn't worth spending lawyers on to work out if they are allowed to.