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Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by geofft on Sunday April 18, 2021 @10:37AM (#26852846)
The first one seems most likely to be the relevant answer to how this was tracked:

https://adwords.googleblog.com/2017/05/powering-ads-and-anal...

> Google’s third-party partnerships ... capture approximately 70% of credit and debit card transactions in the United States

See also https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-an... and https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/05/25/242717/google-no... - Google has deals with the credit card providers to get purchase data so they can link them back to your online behavior.

Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by rightbyte on Sunday April 18, 2021 @01:05PM (#26854213)
And people still think Google et al. eavesdropping peoples homes is tinfoil hat level ...