Trolley.co.uk is shutting down – pricing data is apparently owned by a company

Re:Trolley.co.uk is shutting down – pricing data is apparent... by janmo on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:04AM (#31906234)

The title is misleading. Never do they mention the price data. After doing some research it appears that what is really the cause for concern are the product images.

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Re:Trolley.co.uk is shutting down – pricing data is apparent... by undecisive on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:53AM (#31906537)

> Never do they mention the price data. After doing some research...

Can you share your research? Because the cease and desist letter they link to clearly says "images and data"...

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Re:Trolley.co.uk is shutting down – pricing data is apparent... by janmo on Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:29AM (#31930664)

The "data" they mention are product descriptions. The issuer of the cease and desist appears to be NielsenIQ. And they don't provide price data. Their main product is to provide standardised product images with a white/transparent background, and small product descriptions. Their customers being big E-Commerce stores.

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Re:Trolley.co.uk is shutting down – pricing data is apparent... by em1sar on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:08AM (#31906256)

yeah it's a scam just don't donate to these people

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Re:Trolley.co.uk is shutting down – pricing data is apparent... by janmo on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:17AM (#31906315)

They should ask people to take a picture of the products for them, instead of raising 30k USD/year to send the money to a fortune 500 company.

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