Experts Quickly Id Credit-card Users

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Fri, 01/30/2015 - 4:47am

WASHINGTON — Credit-card data isn’t quite as anonymous as promised, a new study says. Scientists showed they can identify you with more than 90 percent accuracy by looking at just four purchases — three, if the price is included — and that is after companies wiped away names and other personal details from the transaction records.

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