Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range

Re:Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range by Operyl on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:32AM (#25442265)

If you do this you also need to be sure to pay with cash, or other anonymous cards, because they’ll also link your payment details if I recall correctly (perhaps not this brand, but most others will).

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Re:Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range by Reason077 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:39AM (#25442337)

Yes, retailers can and do link/track purchases against card numbers. But this is true regardless of whether you're a member of a loyalty scheme or not.

Also, if you use Apple Pay / Android Pay, a device account number (DAN) is generated that is different from your physical card number. I'm not sure whether retailers get a name from such a transaction, but I suspect they just get the card number?

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Re:Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range by gruez on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @11:17AM (#25444334)

Nope, it can be linked back using https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/visa-par-inquiry

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Re:Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range by Operyl on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:44AM (#25442372)

It’s even more annoying than that, the various Card companies sell your data too! It’s a hot mess.

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