Jun 11, 2013 - Well, all transaction between Bitcoin addresses are stored forever, and so are fully traceable. What this means in your case is indeed that the credit card company can trace the coins you bought from them. However, there are a few things to note. Bitcoin addresses don't have a name assigned. F.e. Bitstamp ...
They can’t be traced in any meaningful way. That’s part of the point of them. If you’ve had ownership of a coin you can do a bit of tracing, but not that much, and anybody who hasn’t owned the coin can’t trace anything.