[reaperducer]

Google buys 90% of credit card transactions. That's not public information.

And the only way to opt out of it is to not use credit cards.

[DaltonCoffee]

Do they publicly index this information tho?

[reaperducer]

Does it matter?

Is it somehow OK for someone to build a dossier on another person as long as they use that information for their own purposes?

[Teandw]

Well, yes. Because you're talking about a different scenario than what is going on here.

[alar44]

Yes? Are you telling me I can't know things about people?

[kevin_thibedeau]

You won't get your mitts on their video rental records. We need another embarrassing data breach to get more protections.

[dylan604]

Is this still true? Nobody goes to Blockbuster to rent videos. Videos are streamed to you on a plethora of devices. Does the video rental regulations apply to YouTube sharing your video selections? PornHub? Netflix?

[lupire]

It is not free as in gratis, but it is publivally available, just as tomatoes are publicly available at stores.

[KennyBlanken]

> Google buys 90% of credit card transactions.

Source, please.

[lupire]

Bloomberg reported (paywall) and the web plagiarized:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Google%20buys%2090%25%20of%2...

The "90%" might not be easily sourced, but also not the crux.