Norway to track all supermarket purchases?

Re:Norway to track all supermarket purchases? by moistly on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:57PM (#31622668)

> As far as I know, if you use a credit card they only know the total of how much you spent

Oh, no, no. They report so much more:

  Merchant name
  Purchase amount
  Date
  Billing zip code
  Sales tax amount
  Tax indicator
  Merchant postal code
  Merchant tax ID
  Invoice number
  Order number
  Customer code (if purchasing cards)
  Item commodity code(s)
  Item description(s) (SKU)
  Unit price(s)
  Quantity
  Unit of measure
  Extended price
  Discount per line item and line item total
  Debit or credit indicator
  Discount amount
  Shipping amount
  Duty amount

https://www.heartland.us/resources/blog/what-to-know-about-l...

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Re:Norway to track all supermarket purchases? by throwaway4aday on Saturday June 04, 2022 @02:42PM (#31623776)

The information you linked doesn't seem to indicate that a grocery store would do this.

> Level 3 credit card data involves large transactions that take place primarily with B2B or business-to-government (B2G). These transactions take place using corporate purchasing cards, which allow the companies or government agencies to monitor purchases and have access to detailed spending reports.

Instead, it seems that level 1 would be what most businesses that sell to consumers would use

> Level 1 data primarily refers to small business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions. This level only requires the following information for credit card transactions:

Merchant name Purchase amount Date Billing zip code

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Re:Norway to track all supermarket purchases? by moistly on Saturday June 04, 2022 @03:35PM (#31624253)

Right you are. I skimmed and misinterpreted.

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