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Google Is Testing a Program That Tracks Your Purchases In the Real World

Posted by samzenpus on from the show-us-what-your-bought dept.

cold fjord writes "Business Insider reports, Google is beta-testing a program that tracks users' purchasing habits by registering brick-and-mortar store visits via smartphones, according to a report from Digiday. Google can access user data via Android apps or their Apple iOS apps, like Google search, Gmail, Chrome, or Google Maps. If a customer is using these apps while he shops or has them still running in the background, Google's new program pinpoints the origin of the user data and determines if the customer is in a place of business."

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  1. Who thinks like the person who wrote that title? by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tracks Your Purchases In the Real World

    I do all of my shopping in Narnia. Apart from avoiding Google, I save an immense amount of money.