Government wants access to supermarket loyalty card data... "It's for your own good".

[denny]

Two articles just out on this...

The first: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/05/ntesco05.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/12/05/ixhome.html
"The MPs suggested that loyalty cards could be used to identify customers who bought excessive amounts of foods high in fat, sugar and salt, and asked whether supermarkets could use this information to promote healthier alternatives to these customers."

The second: http://media.guardian.co.uk/advertising/story/0,7492,1099981,00.html
"David Hinchliffe, the MP who was instrumental in securing a ban on tobacco advertising earlier this year, suggested supermarkets' loyalty cards could be used to monitor eating habits."

(spotted on Politech)

Comments

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

....
Must be bad if it even puts my back up. Christ.

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[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Who the fook votes these prats *in*?

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

Well, not me, but according to most people that's part of the problem.

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[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it would be nice if more intelligent people voted. Even if you're not interested in voting for someone, I'm sure you could find someone it was worth voting against.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

It probably puts your back up because you live on ready meals and Coke :)

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

*meaningful look*

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Well quite... but I get excited about worrying privacy invasions and laws that don't actually affect me as well, whereas duranorak, like gothslut, is fairly notorious for saying she doesn't care about this kind of stuff unless it directly impacts her.

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Actually, privacy is one of the few issues where I do actually have principles, although on reflection, that may be because of the slippery slope idea, so at some point is actually might have an effect on me.