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Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

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What would be better is if the US had (does it?) a nation-wide law requiring explicit opt-in, as opposed to having to opt out of surveillance. Small steps forward.

Also, does this form really amount to anything other than "we promise we won't spy you that much?" Are banks audited in this regard, or are they subject to the same non-existent regulations as the Sillycon Valley surveillance?

Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

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post #51

What would be better is if the US had (does it?) a nation-wide law requiring explicit opt-in, as opposed to having to opt out of surveillance. Small steps forward. Also, does this form really amount to anything other than "we promise we won't spy you that much?" Are banks audited in this regard, or are they subject to the same non-existent regulations as the Sillycon Valley surveillance?

“Better” for who? The corporations or the people? United States usually favors one over the other by design.

Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

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post #31

Here's an equivalent form for MasterCard: https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/corp-responsibility/c...

I get "System Error" when I submit my card number

Same here. I have a suspicion like they designed it for 5 queries/day and we just blew it.

Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

#55

So where do I go to see my profile and data? I got a kick out of requesting my lexis nexis profiles - which eventually resulted in two very large packets of paper (several hundred pages) arriving in the mail.

I highly recommend requesting your data from Verizon (if you’re a vzw customer). A 10mb spreadsheet, very enlightening. Not too difficult to request but took 2-3 weeks to arrive.

What is the process requesting from lexis nexis?

Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

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To verify that this is a legit site: Go to: https://usa.visa.com/legal/global-privacy-notice/additional-... Then click on: “Visa Products & Services: How does Visa use personal information to benefit consumers and businesses?” Then scroll to the bottom of that section and you’ll see the VAS link: ”U.S. cardholders can opt out of Visa using their card transaction data for VAS.” where you can opt out. iPhones will auto…

The site is already marketingreportoptout.visa.com. How would your random link add anything?

Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

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post #52
post #51

What would be better is if the US had (does it?) a nation-wide law requiring explicit opt-in, as opposed to having to opt out of surveillance. Small steps forward. Also, does this form really amount to anything other than "we promise we won't spy you that much?" Are banks audited in this regard, or are they subject to the same non-existent regulations as the Sillycon Valley surveillance?

“Better” for who? The corporations or the people? United States usually favors one over the other by design.

We the People. Though I think US law/courts also regards corporations as people.

Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

#58
Sometimes I wonder how certain deals show up as website advertisements and recommendations. Certain blog posts or forum posts appear magically in my search result knowing what I was planning for. Deals and YouTube recommendations also seemed coincidental. Now I know that my debit card has been also leaking my purchase patterns and location. I better add more hosts to my Raspberry Pi-Hole.

Re: Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, if there is any sort of timing difference on valid/invalid card numbers. Boom... timing attack / CC oracle :)

There's already Luhn and a list of valid starting digits...

I think the parent meant "card number that actually is in use and works" when saying "valid", not "follows the rules of card numbers".
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