Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You

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Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You – The Markup

When you use supermarket discount cards, you are sharing much more than what is in your cart—and grocery chains like Kroger are reaping huge profits selling this data to brands and advertisers

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So glad that HEB (regional supermarket in Texas) doesn't do this crap.

 

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Employees are given bonuses for getting customers signed up (credit cards, too).

 

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Employees are given bonuses for getting customers signed up (credit cards, too).

Sam's has CC promotions at their registers. You're checking out and they'll say you can save so much on your purchase if you'll sign up for their card. Depending on the purchase you could actually save a good bit. Kind of a win-win I guess.

If you do sign up their process is pretty much streamlined. You're already a member so they have a lot of your info. Doesn't take long at all.

Have seen the same type of thing many times over. Dept stores especially good for it.

 

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Sam's and Costco already track your purchases with your membership account.

 

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Linky stuff:

A grocery store located in Manhattan's Upper West Side uses facial and voice recognition technology to combat a surge in shoplifting, reported Patch NYC.

"This Business collects, retains, converts, stores, or shares customers' biometric identifier information, which is information that can be used to identify or help identify you. Examples of biometric identifier information are eye scans and voiceprints," a sign reads on the front door of the Fairway store on Broadway and West 74th Street.

NYC Supermarket "Collects Biometric" Data On Shoppers | ZeroHedge

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This Business collects, retains, converts, stores, or shares customers' biometric identifier information, which is information that can be used to identify or help identify you. Examples of biometric identifier information are eye scans and voiceprints," a sign reads on the front door of the Fairway store on Broadway and West 74th Street.

See? This is what ya get when they quit lettin' ya shoot the shoplifters.

 

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just try to go in and video their employees all day long, see what that gets you

it's not a quid pro quo game...this is all for keeps and it's all One Sided