Do U use Grocery Store discount cards?
I do and this has me PISSED!
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,59262,00.html" target="_blank">Your data for sale</a>
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Larry Ponemon, CEO of the Privacy Council, said he was consulted for advice in January by an attorney for a national grocery chain, which in the wake of Sept. 11, had voluntarily delivered up its customer loyalty accounts to the federal government.
"It was not a malicious act, but it was more about feeling they had to do something to help the government look for the bad guys," said Ponemon, who could not reveal the name of the chain. <hr></blockquote>
Geez Larry..and YOU are supposed to be a preponent of Privacy. I know I'll never support this boneheads organization. Ah such Civic Responsibility! "We're helping the Gov look for Bad Guys".
[quote] Jonathan Mayes, a spokesman for Safeway Inc., which operates almost 1,800 supermarkets across the country, said Safeway does not "sell or lease any personal identity information to any outside company." <hr></blockquote>
Good Safeway is the card I use the most and I'd fire them quick if they were selling my data to the FBI.
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,59262,00.html" target="_blank">Your data for sale</a>
[quote]
Larry Ponemon, CEO of the Privacy Council, said he was consulted for advice in January by an attorney for a national grocery chain, which in the wake of Sept. 11, had voluntarily delivered up its customer loyalty accounts to the federal government.
"It was not a malicious act, but it was more about feeling they had to do something to help the government look for the bad guys," said Ponemon, who could not reveal the name of the chain. <hr></blockquote>
Geez Larry..and YOU are supposed to be a preponent of Privacy. I know I'll never support this boneheads organization. Ah such Civic Responsibility! "We're helping the Gov look for Bad Guys".
[quote] Jonathan Mayes, a spokesman for Safeway Inc., which operates almost 1,800 supermarkets across the country, said Safeway does not "sell or lease any personal identity information to any outside company." <hr></blockquote>
Good Safeway is the card I use the most and I'd fire them quick if they were selling my data to the FBI.
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To the people of Brookshires and every other chain in the area, my father is named <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/profiles/profile/1803.html" target="_blank">Merton Hanks</a>. He lives at 1432 Broadway and changes a few letters in his SS#.
Anyone who gives grocery stores such information either doesn't care (valid) or is stupid.
untill i discovered the cheap airlines... so why to get points when u can get cheaper flights and fly more... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
I got a discount card when i bought my mac...
and got with it 400 points.. i asked a prize, they gave me a backpack of benetton.. but they couldn't read "3 pz" so i got three of 'em .. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
I hate when they know what i buy .. so no tahnkx .. i don't use the ones in the supermarkets..
<strong>The FBI needs to be working on REAL leads..I swear that dept has screwed up so much lately when the real info is right under their noses.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I read about this in the Village Voice (www.villagevoice.com) last week while I was in NYC. Apparently, the FBI didn't ask for the info, so I'm not sure that it's fair to blame them...
It really works thay claim that they get a 78% take up rate on the offers.
I have not used a card since thay have to much infoon you.
<strong>My wife has a "go to" fake name that she uses. I give out a fake address that doesn't exist in Chicago. When I move to a new place at the end of this month I'll get a new card under the name Santos L. Helper. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Is that the hispanic version of the Simpson's dog?
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Is that the hispanic version of the Simpson's dog? </strong><hr></blockquote>
Yea. Bart got a credit card for Santa's Little Helper, the dog, and it came through as Santos L. Helper.
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Yea. Bart got a credit card for Stana's Little Helper, the dog, and it came through as Santos L. Helper.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I liked it when he was ordering the dog...
"Ohhh, $1500, I better just get one."