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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by reaperducer on Friday April 29, 2022 @04:45PM (#31210373)
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.

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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by DaltonCoffee on Friday April 29, 2022 @04:47PM (#31210397)
Do they publicly index this information tho?
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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by reaperducer on Friday April 29, 2022 @04:52PM (#31210451)
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?

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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by Teandw on Friday April 29, 2022 @05:21PM (#31210702)
Well, yes. Because you're talking about a different scenario than what is going on here.
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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by alar44 on Friday April 29, 2022 @05:22PM (#31210717)
Yes? Are you telling me I can't know things about people?
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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday April 29, 2022 @05:33PM (#31210808)
You won't get your mitts on their video rental records. We need another embarrassing data breach to get more protections.
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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by dylan604 on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:42PM (#31211437)
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?
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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by lupire on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:27PM (#31211324)
It is not free as in gratis, but it is publivally available, just as tomatoes are publicly available at stores.
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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by KennyBlanken on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:09PM (#31211148)
> Google buys 90% of credit card transactions.

Source, please.

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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by lupire on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:30PM (#31211358)
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.

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