Google Secretly Tracks What You Buy Offline Using Mastercard Data

[Corrine]

I guess we know now why Google dropped the "Don't Be Evil" motto.

Over a week after Google admitted the company tracks users' location even after they disable location history, it has now been revealed that the tech giant has signed a secret deal with Mastercard that allows it to track what users buy offline.

Google has paid Mastercard millions of dollars in exchange to access this information.

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[Digerati]

I feel this is like blaming the "other woman" or "other man" when it is really the cheating spouse being the evil one.

To me, the headline should read, "Mastercard is selling users data to 3rd parties who track your offline purchases".

Mastercard is the one that should be shamed - and boycotted.