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Stores Use Discount Cards To Notify Of Recall

Posted by michael on Friday January 23, 2004 @06:58PM from the eat-fewer-twinkies-mr-smith dept.

crazyj writes "USA Today is one of many sources running a story about how some supermarkets used their "discount" shopping cards to notify customers of a beef recall. Interestingly, some stores did not use the information because they felt it violated the customer's privacy. I always use a fake name and address when I sign up for those, but do others feel that the stores were justified in 'violating' their privacy agreement?"

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postcard: by ongeboren · 2004-01-23 19:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

what you just ate wasn't chicken!

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Fake name by bucketoftruth · 2004-01-23 19:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

My friend won the H2 Hummer for using their card. They wouldn't have had it if they didn't use thier real name and address. Personally, I just don't go to stores that have *the card*.