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PSA: Citi cards updated marketing policy. Limit your sharing!
December 21, 2019 at
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Last Edited by Phaenon December 21, 2019 at 07:36 PM
Call 1-866-217-4736 from a registered phone and limit Citi selling your information to third parties!
This applies to all Citi cards including cards like Costco issued by Citi.
Remember to ask for a written confirmation in the automated system at the end.
If you don't understand why this is important read the NYT article or below:
https://www.theverge.co
There are massive data aggregation companies like Factual and Roam. They pay money to apps to give people your location history and build your profile.
They then buy information from financial institutions to tie it to the places you visited
Then they buy information and match up financial transaction time stamps to anonymized store purchase data (from like free rewards cards) to figure out what you bought.
They also then collect public information about you on age, and other demographics
Then they sell all of this as a package to anyone who will pay for it.
update: for those of you who asked about Chase, you must call: 1-888-868-8618. It requires more information than the Citi system when asked if you are a resident of CA, just say yes and limit additional sharing!
Amex: 1- 855-297-7748
This applies to all Citi cards including cards like Costco issued by Citi.
Remember to ask for a written confirmation in the automated system at the end.
If you don't understand why this is important read the NYT article or below:
https://www.theverge.co
There are massive data aggregation companies like Factual and Roam. They pay money to apps to give people your location history and build your profile.
They then buy information from financial institutions to tie it to the places you visited
Then they buy information and match up financial transaction time stamps to anonymized store purchase data (from like free rewards cards) to figure out what you bought.
They also then collect public information about you on age, and other demographics
Then they sell all of this as a package to anyone who will pay for it.
update: for those of you who asked about Chase, you must call: 1-888-868-8618. It requires more information than the Citi system when asked if you are a resident of CA, just say yes and limit additional sharing!
Amex: 1- 855-297-7748
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It would also be worth knowing if one can opt out online.
It would also be worth knowing if one can opt out online.
https://www.citicards.com/cards/wv/JRS/ACQ/img/CostcoBizPrivacy.pdf
Speaking of which, you can now get a dump of all the data they have on you. You can even ask them to delete your file. Thanks California!
My previous choices to limit sharing are still in effect so no changes were needed, though I still requested a new letter confirming my choices.
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Remember gps location of your phone? Super easy to buy and live.
https://www.citicards.c
To anyone wondering about the process:
- It's call automated (no need to wait for a rep)
- You call, press 1 for English, etc.
- Enter the last 4 numbers of the Citi card in question
- (I think a question confirm you want to proceed with limiting the data sharing)
- 3 questions asking if you want to limit sharing. If you want to limit all 3, just press 1 when she starts saying "If you want to limit..."
- A fourth question asking if you want a written confirmation (press 1)
Once done, if you have another Citi card it will ask you to enter the full card number to do that one. I found it easier (and arguably safer) to just call back and enter the last 4 of the other card.