i doubt that is just regular ads tracking like before. this smells as telecom tower data leak, across the board.

> Credit Card companies and payment processors keep track of your transactions and it is trivial for them to trace it to a single individual.

there are lots and lots of regulation on most countries that prevent them from using that information for anything other than billing you.

They cannot sell, offer you services, etc. ...unless you agree to something else, usually hidden in theirs reward program contracts.

All that is gone the second you move to using apple et al instead of a card issuing company.

> They cannot sell, offer you services, etc. ...unless you agree to something else, usually hidden in theirs reward program contracts.

The narrative is that the WEF is in kahoots with world leaders, since world leaders attend the WEF. Making this a moot point.

> All that is gone the second you move to using apple et al instead of a card issuing company.

Apple themselves state that they don't keep track of your information. Presumably, whatever authority that prosecutes credit card companies for using your info would also prosecute Apple. From what I found online, Samsung Pay and Google Wallet also refrain from using your transaction info.

Now imagine what happens to smaller sites...