Comments on: They’ll be watching you (and your kibble purchases)

By: PaulB

PaulB — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 20:20:31 +0000

Walter, is this grounds for a class action lawsuit that you’d be in favor of? 🙂

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:28:26 +0000

Can’t really tell of the new story is accurate, but it appears that the company which gathers data for Safeway is, in turn, selling it to the government (and perhaps others).
Safeway claims that they don’t know about this sale of their customers’ information.
Wait for the other shoe to drop.

By: old_engineer

old_engineer — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:04:10 +0000

I am waiting for the “human” application of this. For example, say you have high cholesterol. Will there now be mandatory checks (by your health care provider) to make sure you DO NOT buy fatty meats and/or cheese?

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