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Originally Posted by jamesdmanley
wow youre right! i should just forfeit my right to privacy regarding my browsing habits and subject myself to targeted advertising in the name of consumerism. ps, i have never once received junk mail from my grocery store. they track inventory no matter the payment method, and marketing is not their BUSINESS PLAN. maybe youre right about the MR thing though.
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I'm not saying that .... what I am saying, and thought I said fairly clearly, is that if you really want to protect your personal information, buying habits included, then there are some things you should seriously consider.
Your grocery store isn't sending you junk mail. How nice for you. Most of the ones I shop at do send out advertising circulars on a regular basis. However, all of the major chains in the United States do track individual shoppers purchases ... if they pay with either a debit or credit card. That way they they are able to target certain types of advertising to certain shoppers. This is nothing new, they've been doing it for something like 15 years now.
Of course they aren't in the business of collecting data. They are in the grocery business ... but does that mean that you trust that company with your personal data?? Because they sell groceries?? And, of course, you read the small print in the credit or debit ... or grocery store "membership" card ... the one that says the company may choose to share certain of your personal data to affiliated companies? You are aware that they do that sort of thing, right??
Hey ... make light of it if it makes you feel better. It's all water off my back. However, I do think that before you blast Google for collecting data, you should look long and hard at all of the companies that collect and even sell your personal data every day of the week.