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rachel_lithic

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rachel_lithic··on “Privacy”.com–Yeah Right
Lithic is our parent company - you can also drop me a line at rachel@privacy.com. Both end up in the same space. If you interested in reading more about the rebrand and difference in the two business feel free to check out this blog post: https://blog.privacy.com/our-journey-from-privacy-com-to-lit...
rachel_lithic··on “Privacy”.com–Yeah Right
Hey @flutas, I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Send me a note at rachel@lithic.com and I'll look into this further for you.
rachel_lithic··on “Privacy”.com–Yeah Right
Rachel here, I lead Operations at Privacy.com. Wanted to clarify our data collection and retention process, and our position on privacy.

Our goal is to make sure that customer data spends as little time as possible with third-party providers like Onfido. Onfido’s general policy is that they will not save customer data longer than a year but they set up different contractual agreements based on what customers stipulate. We've stipulated that they delete data after 30 days.

The "Privacy" in our name is about making sure our customers’ personal and payment information is kept private from merchants and from fraudsters.

We offer a financial service that comes with legal and regulatory requirements and we have to gather details like address, social security number, and phone number to authenticate a user’s account. If you know of other KYC providers that have more privacy-forward policies, we’re open to exploring.

Happy to discuss more. You can drop me a note at rachel@lithic.com.

rachel_lithic··on Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards
I hear you on this. We’re really sorry for the inconvenience. Unfortunately, this wasn’t fully within our control. To stay compliant with our bank partner’s requirements and network rules we were forced to make this change to existing Visa cards too.

We did explore the card updater[1] and were hoping to be able to use it. Unfortunately it’s not a viable option due to technical limitations. If we could do the updating for you we absolutely would! If you have questions or there's anything we can help with, please reach out to support@privacy.com

[1] https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/vau

rachel_lithic··on Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards
We rolled this product out to new users in early October, so it's possible you signed up after that change and have been issuing the new card type.

Reach out to our team at support@privacy.com and we'll be happy to take a look at your account and confirm.