We trust companies with our information every day. But many companies—even those that hold our most revealing information—are using it not just to provide the services we ask for, but to amp up their profits at the cost of our privacy.That's why EFF has joined a campaign, led by the U.S. Public...

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  • troxy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    771·
    1 year ago

    Why just Mastercard. ALL payment services are doing this. Everything from payment gateways, card brands, digital wallets (You really think google and apple aren’t logging every detail of your purchases). Seems a bit silly to just call out Mastercard.

      • notfromhere@lemmy.oneEnglish
        101·
        1 year ago

        They probably spawned a sub company who will take that over. No way in hell I believe they stopped this practice.

      • troxy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        And just because Visa is shutting down Ad Solutions does not mean Visa is out of the data-slinging business, but Gerlt declined to provide details as to what that could look like going forward

    • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
      11·
      1 year ago

      The government is selling your financial data, which is a whole other level of fucked up since thats not something you can opt out of, at all.