Mike: it records A LOT. The transaction history on my Snapper (the one that I've registered on the website) shows the bus stops I hopped on and off at, and a bland line "Commerce" against the coffee and other stuff (although one would expect that more detail on this should eventually be shown to customers... as there's no doubt more detailed information will be being collected from retailers for billing purposes at the very least). This is not necessarily a bad thing, but we all should be aware of what's being collected.
It's at this point that you'll perhaps be wanting to check out the privacy policy here. And you'll find that all of this stuff gets associated with YOU in the Snapper databases only if you register on the website, which you only need to do if you want to see Online Balances, get transaction histories, and top up the card yourself (for a 2% fee, grrrrrrrr!).
If you find this all a bit of a concern, but still want/need to use Snapper, then just go to a Snapper retailer; buy the card with cash; use cash to top up; and your expectations of cashlike privacy-related behaviour from Snapper will be almost met (apart from being able to pass 5 bucks to your mate, at need).
Mike: it records A LOT. The transaction history on my Snapper (the one that I've registered on the website) shows the bus stops I hopped on and off at, and a bland line "Commerce" against the coffee and other stuff (although one would expect that more detail on this should eventually be shown to customers... as there's no doubt more detailed information will be being collected from retailers for billing purposes at the very least). This is not necessarily a bad thing, but we all should be aware of what's being collected.
It's at this point that you'll perhaps be wanting to check out the privacy policy here. And you'll find that all of this stuff gets associated with YOU in the Snapper databases only if you register on the website, which you only need to do if you want to see Online Balances, get transaction histories, and top up the card yourself (for a 2% fee, grrrrrrrr!).
If you find this all a bit of a concern, but still want/need to use Snapper, then just go to a Snapper retailer; buy the card with cash; use cash to top up; and your expectations of cashlike privacy-related behaviour from Snapper will be almost met (apart from being able to pass 5 bucks to your mate, at need).