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Are all Virtual Card providers careless with privacy? (pawb.social)

submitted 1 month ago by FatherPeanut@pawb.social to c/privacy@programming.dev

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I went looking through different virtual card providers for something that'd let me make a purchase I originally intended to use a prepaid for, yet they wouldn't accept it. This led me to looking into Virtual Card providers as they'd work more consistently.

Problematically, Privacy.com seems overkill on what all it demands as far as KYC standards go, and some suggest IronVest as an alternative because it demands less. Yet, their privacy policy explicitly states they can share your information with advertising partners.

I haven't encountered many providers, but seeing this trend, I wanna raise the question: Is there any virtual Card provider that really cares for privacy, and the privacy-minded?

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[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

I'm assuming you don't have this option or you wouldn't be asking but just in case it fits for use case and you didn't think of it already. Some credit card companies allow you to do virtual cards with your existing card. I know citi does (giant pain in the ass to find though) and I think discover does.

Obviously if your use case means you don't want your name attached to it, this won't work.