Unlawful concealment of identity by eBay in private purchases | Buy

ab82yz · 2026-06-18T15:44:33.889998Z

The purchase agreement under § 433 BGB is concluded between me as the buyer and the private seller. eBay is merely an intermediary, not a contractual party.Upon conclusion of the contract, the legal obligation to disclose identity (name and address) arises, as this is a mandatory prerequisite for asserting legal claims (warranty, fraudulent misrepresentation pursuant to § 444 BGB, damages).The technical architecture of eBay, which suppresses this data after the contract is concluded and only releases it after a manual request or not at all, is a deliberate hindrance to the contractual relationship.No precedence of the terms and conditions: Internal platform processes cannot exclude statutory information obligations under the BGB.No GDPR justification: After the contract is concluded, the identity of the parties is absolutely necessary for contract performance under Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.Hindrance to legal enforcement: Anyone who conceals the identity of the contractual partner makes the enforcement of statutory claims practically impossible.Why does eBay systematically block the identity of my contractual partners, even though the purchase agreement has already been concluded and the legal basis for releasing the data is therefore immediately available?

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