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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by rurp on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:45PM (#29221040)
Many years ago I worked as a cashier (at Trader Joes no less) and occasionally had to ask customers for this sort of information. I had zero problem just punching in fake data if the customer didn't want to provide it, and sometimes I just went ahead without asking, if the customer was clearly busy with a crazy kid/pet/whatever.

Some cashiers were diligent about the data collection but many, probably most, had a similar approach to mine.

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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by BeFlatXIII on Sunday November 14, 2021 @08:30PM (#29222579)
Poisoning data collection is one of the many small positive actions a front-line employee can make without too much risk to their livelihood.
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Re:There may be a steep privacy cost if you park here by mixmastamyk on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:07AM (#29224280)
What kind of data? I’ve had stores ask for telephone and said no but that’s about it.
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