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> How does a supermarket knowing my personal shopping habits negatively impact me, in concrete terms? Target notifies teen girl's father that she is pregnant:
by wzdd 4y ago
> How does a supermarket knowing my personal shopping habits negatively impact me, in concrete terms?
Target notifies teen girl's father that she is pregnant: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...
Man falsely accused of arson in part because his shopping history included fire starters: https://michaelzimmer.org/2005/02/19/safeway-shopper-card-leads-to-false-arson-arrest/ https://michaelzimmer.org/2005/02/19/safeway-shopper-card-le...
Man claims that supermarket threatened to use this purchase history to call him an alcoholic when he sued them for injury: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-11-fi-7017-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-11-fi-7017-...
Man's purchases of expensive wine used to increase his alimony payments in divorce court: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1753&context=dlr https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=17...
Some random third party rents a list of General Nutrition Centers Gold Card members and then puts their information up for sale: https://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/2003/06/10/GNC-acts-to-protect-list-of-top-customers/stories/200306100021 https://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/2003/06/1...