Seems to me credit card companies are getting something backwards. Their “protecting our privacy” policies have it all wrong, and I was reminded of this when I took a look at this notice American Express sent me. Starting September 1, 2018, unless I ASK THEM not to share the information associated with my credit card, they’ll share it with their business partners.
Of course American Express is trying to convince me that sharing my information with their business partners will bring me wonderful offers for products and services. But no matter how great these offers might be, the fact that I have to log into my account or call American Express to OPT OUT still seems backwards and frankly, irks me.
In Shelli’s version of privacy protection, we should be opted OUT until we opt in! So just in case you didn’t pay attention to your notice from American Express regarding their updated policy on protecting your privacy, make sure to choose your option by September 1, 2018.
Do these policies irk you, or am I just being naive when it comes to business and its responsibility to consumers?
Irksome indeed. All I’ve seen are phrased that way which makes you go crazy as I agree with you it should be the same there way around.
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Glad you agree!
Thanks for reading, Susan. Maybe AMEX will read this too!
How do we opt out to this. Calling Amex can be time consuming is there an easy way to do this online?
Dave, log in to your account and under account services go to personal details. You’ll find what you need under Alerts, Communications and Privacy. Hope that helps, Dave.
Very informative – Thanks for the heads up, Shelli !
Glad you found it useful, Genise. Thanks for reading!