You always have the option to pay with cash at Best Buy, don't you? I assume all credit card transactions are sold to third parties no matter the retailer. The

You always have the option to pay with cash at Best Buy, don't you? I assume all credit card transactions are sold to third parties no matter the retailer. The only exceptions are large enough companies like Amazon/Google who are in enough categories that they can make more money using your information first party than they can by selling it. It's not that Amazon/Google respect your privacy more than other retailers, they're just sharing it with other departments instead of other orgs.