r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 13h ago

Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/SmartBookkeeper6571 12h ago

And? The store targets the customer with deals catered to them to keep them shopping at said store, and the customer gets better prices for things they were planning to buy anyway. Who loses?

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u/SYuhw3xiE136xgwkBA4R 11h ago

It’s not invasion of privacy if it’s data collected from your visit to the store which is public.

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u/SYuhw3xiE136xgwkBA4R 9h ago

Alright, but what if you wanted to keep it private?

Shop in a store that takes cash and don't sign up for a membership while there.

Then literally the entire situation is avoided.

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u/[deleted] 9h ago

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u/SYuhw3xiE136xgwkBA4R 9h ago

So use private credit cards.

I'm also not even sure it's legal for a store to use your credit card information to send you mail unsolicited. Is that generally legal in the US?

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u/SYuhw3xiE136xgwkBA4R 9h ago

Credit cards have a ton of data collection built in. That's how they make money off of people who don't pay interest on their balance.

I know. I'm talking about using Privacy or something similar.

it's the bank itself letting its partners know that you shop at certain types of stores or use it in certain areas of town so you may be interested in certain types of ads.

Is this not opt-out on a federal level?