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In reply to the discussion: Square Is the Most Annoying Thing to Happen to NYC Dining in Years [View all]zipplewrath
(16,698 posts)32. No, they don't
Third, every credit card company you have a card with "knows where you go and how you spend your money".
I know what you meant, but when I use one of the 5 CC I have, they aren't correlated to each other. Square appears to be attempting to detect my purchases even when I use separate CC. I can probably avoid that by clever obfuscation. But the CC companies long ago avoided "selling" your purchase information directly. Mostly that's because they want to sell that info as part of a larger analysis package.
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We don't go to Chili's anymore specifically over it. It also is being used to eliminate waiters.
marble falls
Sep 2018
#6
So I'm the one who has to do the extra work? It's easier to boycott the establishment.
Auggie
Sep 2018
#17
And I'm sure Square very carefully spells all this out to each customer, right?
gratuitous
Sep 2018
#23