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0 pointsbduerst8y ago0 comments

Do you use a credit card? Amazon most likely has your transaction history, even for B&M purchases, if you have your credit card on your account.

0 pointsbduerst8y ago0 comments

Do you use a credit card? Amazon most likely has your transaction history, even for B&M purchases, if you have your credit card on your account.

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tcoff918y ago· 4 in thread

How do they get transaction history even for transactions involving non-Amazon-owned companies?

reaperducer8y ago

The stores and credit card processors sell the information to Amazon, Google, etc...

There was an article in Forbes or Bloomberg or something recently that stated that Google now gets something like 80% of all credit card transaction data, online or offline.

alexanderdmitri8y ago

Can you source this?

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rock_hard8y ago

Amazon Creditcard?

bduerstOP8y ago

I'm not sure about that but Amazon has my AMEX purchase history. I've been retargeted for single item purchases that are impossible to know otherwise.

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