howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I can't say I'm surprised. It's easy to work out what shops don't have it as they sometimes block mobile phone signals and your phone doesn't get a signal in the store. Many supermarkets track you via the chip in their loyalty card as you walk through the entrance.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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this is getting all a bit creepy, i didn't know that about the chip in the loyalty card.
i didn't know that about the signal blocking either, so when we hear that prison inmates are continuing their practices and/or arranging for things to be smuggled in by using their mobile phones, then the authorities are failing to block the signal.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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The loyalty card chip clocks how often you visit the store and how long you spend in there. When you pay for your shopping it knows exactly what you have bought and if you are signed up for e mails, will notify you when items you frequently buy are on special offer and also tailor your extra point vouchers which are sent to you accordingly.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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The shops won't know who I am or what I am doing and cannot access any data, so I can't really see a problem.
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Each swipe of the card sends what you bought, where and how you paid for it into a databank profile of your purchase history, along with the personal information you gave when you signed up for the card.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Yeh storecard, that are what they are designed for the benefits to us is just incidental (though Tesco knowing what make baked beans I brought must be the most boring bit of information ever
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Bob Whysman
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