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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by dm2 on Thursday August 08, 2013 @12:14AM (#6177307)
What are you people so afraid of? It's standard marketing. You go in a database with millions of others and your data is aggregated and analyzed. Nobody is hunting you down based on what products you purchase from the grocery store.
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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by sk5t on Thursday August 08, 2013 @01:09AM (#6177431)
Are you so sure that the data couldn't be useful in the future? Perhaps the grocery and health insurance industries might team up to identify folks with unhealthy diets, or unusually high consumption of prescription or OTC medications.
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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by dm2 on Thursday August 08, 2013 @01:42AM (#6177498)
Hopefully our representatives will pass laws preventing such things. Many systems in the US are flawed, but hopefully we are moving in the right direction and our privacy will be protected by consumer protection agencies. Yes, everyone who signs up for programs such as rewards cards are able to find out the stipulations and use of data, but it's unreasonable to assume that every participant can predict the full scope of their actions.

Same goes for every one of the thousands of products we purchase, isn't it a waste of time, money, and national health to put the responsibility of researching products and services in the hands of individuals? Why are companies allowed to sell me snake-oil, cigarettes, and other harmful products?

Why isn't there a law that prevents marketing data from being tied to personal identifiable information?

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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by xsmasher on Thursday August 08, 2013 @01:16AM (#6177446)
http://blog.chron.com/frugalconfessions/2011/09/mined-consum...

and

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...

Show that individual data can be and is accessed.

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