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PSA: Citi cards updated marketing policy. Limit your sharing!
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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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Some companies are opting to open this up for anyone, but most are sticking with what the law requires and limiting it to California.
Source: I work for a company specializing in privacy law.
That is a separate request, but it can be on the same call.
EDIT: This is for Chase. The Citi rep told me Authorized Users are opted out with the main account holder.
https://support.sift.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001404607-GDPR-FAQ
Well, currently it's as easy as asking the question "are you a California resident?" If they say no, they can say this doesn't apply to your state. The data is worth big bucks. The law actually allows them to offer you cash to let them keep the data. I haven't seen that put in place by anyone though.
https://www.chase.com/digital/res...reference
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Awesome thanks. Already sent an email.
I was prompted to put in my entire card number and did not feel comfortable doing so. I logged into my account and changed the number to the phone I was calling from and called back and only had to put in the last four numbers. This was for citi.
Rip comment.
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