It looks like the corporations are becoming even more invasive with collecting information about you. I'm pretty sure they would be happy to sell that information as well.
From the article:
From the article:
. . . Merchant category codes are made up of four digits and are used across all sorts of industries as a means to classify retailers, while not revealing individual product purchases. Credit card companies currently lump firearm retailers in with other outlets, classifying them as either “5999: Miscellaneous retail stores” or “5941: Sporting Goods Stores.”
With a new code for firearms merchants, potentially suspicious purchasing patterns could be flagged to law enforcement . . .
A credit card industry group has approved a plan to track sales of guns and ammo with a new merchant code
"Visa's rules expressly prohibit blocking of legal transactions under an MCC"
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