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All those grocery store loyalty programs...they are already spying on you. And since the data is there, it's a nice asset to sell quietly to somebody else who c
by SoftwareMaven 14y ago
All those grocery store loyalty programs...they are already spying on you. And since the data is there, it's a nice asset to sell quietly to somebody else who could make use of it, like insurance companies. It's not a stretch because the data has been collected for years and nobody cares.
- jrockway 14y agoCould you give me a concrete example of how the data is already being sold?
- kintamanimatt 14y agoThe person you replied to didn't state that the data is already being sold, however a quick Google search reveals concrete examples of this already being the case in the UK, which has relatively strong privacy protections: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/sep/20/freedomofinformation.supermarkets http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/sep/20/freedomofinfo...
- SoftwareMaven 14y agohttp://www.acxiom.com/ http://www.acxiom.com/ Multi-billion dollar company that does nothing but buy and sell that kind of data. They have categories of information about people that only the government is allowed to access.
- jrockway 14y agoI didn't see "grocery store purchases" listed anywhere on their website.