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But if you were to buy a cheeseburger with a credit card, the person selling the cheeseburger would get this exact same information. I don't know if the price s

But if you were to buy a cheeseburger with a credit card, the person selling the cheeseburger would get this exact same information. I don't know if the price should really be a factor here.

msy 14y ago
Buying a cheeseburger with a credit card does not give out your suburb or email address.
- tadfisher 14y ago
  Buying gas does. At least at the pumps that require you to enter your ZIP code.
  - lostlogin 14y ago
    Why do they do that?
doe88 14y ago
As msy replied there are for sure some informations the seller wouldn't have from a credit card. But more generally this is a good question, I don't know how much informations the merchant obtain from VISA when I purchase something online. I would expect none, just that the transaction is authorized or denied.
- vagarwa 14y ago
  Banks and networks (Visa etc) don't share the customer information with the merchant. There was a class action law suit against merchants asking for Zipcode. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/16/business/la-fi-0216-zip-lawsuits-20110216 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/16/business/la-fi-0216-... Here Google is acting like a network and the developer is the merchant. There is absolutely no requirement (from a legal perspective) to pass on the customers' information to the merchant. Visa and the issuer bank don't share any personal details of the customer with the merchant, which is what Google and Paypal (and probably square) are promising the merchants, if they use their payment system.
  - doe88 14y ago
    Thank you for the infos it's helpful.