Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data
www.eff.org
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...

Mastercard should stop selling our data::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…

  • londos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    9 months ago

    Especially now that many vendors are passing on the processing fee, it’s not even a free/subsidized service for customers anymore.

  • bobotron@lemm.eeEnglish
    42·
    9 months ago

    Is MasterCard worse than Visa in this respect? Why did the EFF just single them out?

    • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      As best I can tell, this is EFF focusing their attention on a single target, instead of just making broad “The industry must change” statements

  • Syx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    9 months ago

    Owning your data is seeming less and less possible. Even paying in cash isn’t an option in some places now

    • xtr0n@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      23·
      9 months ago

      Owning your data is seeming less and less possible. Even paying in cash isn’t an option in some places now

      Some municipalities had passed laws saying that retail businesses had to accept cash since going 100% electronic is discriminatory towards the poor. But covid fucked that up

  • Zeth0s@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    9 months ago

    Do they really sell such kind of information? Is there any source? Honestly curious. There are regulations for such companies when it comes to customer data