Re:If high street shopping was like online shopping [video]
by Nextgrid on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:20AM
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Yes, the intrusive marketing cancer is actually spreading to the high street too. They're now asking for e-mails under the excuse of sending you your receipt and saving the planet (no need for paper) but obviously you will get spam and no doubt that this e-mail will also be shared with advertising partners such as Facebook.
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Re:If high street shopping was like online shopping [video]
by Lio on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:34AM
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I very much enjoy telling people in shops that I don't have an email address when they ask.
You can practically see the cogs whirring as they try to comprehend that before they realise that, of course, I'm looking them in eye and lying to them.
This is particularly funny in a computer store.
Re:If high street shopping was like online shopping [video]
by 082349872349872 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @07:50AM
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Is there a name for making excuses that are deliberately implausible, but more ironic than euphemistic? Asking for a friend.
Re:If high street shopping was like online shopping [video]
by chrismatheson on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:35AM
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Have you had a .. "provable" experience along these lines? seems like a GDPR complaint could be made.
Re:If high street shopping was like online shopping [video]
by Nextgrid on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:42AM
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The evidence is in my inbox. A high street shop asked for my e-mail, I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt (because of GDPR and all that). Of course I then received an e-mail from a third-party asking me about "feedback" (and no doubt it would've been shared with other third-parties behind the scenes too). I'm pretty sure I made a GDPR complaint but it didn't go anywhere.
The GDPR is a joke and will never be taken seriously until those promised "4% of global turnover" fines actually start falling down on the offenders.