`Chase may share your "account balances and transaction history … For nonaffiliates to market to you."`<p>What the hell? How is this even legal? That kind of info should only be available to the police with a warrant.
I recently made a purchase at a friend's small brick and mortar retailer using a credit card. He texted me a couple days later thanking me for the support.<p>Turns out the shop has a Square cash register, and for cc transactions Square provides any email addresses associated with that card, provided the customer has "opted in".<p>Similarly, I purchased an air compressor at Lowes a few months back. Lowes has been emailing my wife about the air compressor pretty regularly, as she used that card (mine, not joint) for some online shopping a few months prior. Good thing it wasn't a surprise for her.
End of the year is a great time to opt out!<p>The GitHub source: <a href="https://github.com/troy/simpleoptout">https://github.com/troy/simpleoptout</a>
Putting this info all in one place is an excellent first step, but seems far from “simple”. What would it take to turn this list into a 1-click opt-out for all of these services?
Very nice collection. Not for me unfortunately, but still great! I'd love to see more international and compnies from other countries listed in the future!
Would be awesome if there was a ChatGPT bot that could use Twilio's Voice API to navigate IVRs and negotiate with representatives to perform these opt-outs.