It’s cold and wintery. Time to hunker down with plenty of comfort food and a toddy or two… and while we’re at the store, let’s pick up a bottle of aspirin, some stomach acid medicine, and maybe even plenty of dog food for the rottweiler….
A swipe of both your store’s loyalty card (gotta get those discounts!) and of course, your debit card to pay for your goods — and home you go to lay in for the weekend, read a good book, and max out on all that junk food and alcohol.
Come Monday, your purchases, aligned with your identity, will be sold to a health insurer, or life insurance company, perhaps an auto insurance group…. and they will have that information to review should you contact them to make an insurance purchase.
Find the rest of this post at its new location:
http://www.trishatorrey.com/2008/01/03/how-supermarket-purchases-violate-your-privacy-and-increase-the-cost-of-insurance/
How Supermarket Purchases Violate Your Privacy and Increase the Cost of Insurance
Published January 3, 2008 Family , General Commentary , Health , Health /Medical Consumerism , Health Insurance , Patient Empowerment , Patient Tools , Patients , Patientude , Self Help 8 CommentsTags: discounts, insurance, loyalty cards, privacy, STDs, supermarkets
It’s cold and wintery. Time to hunker down with plenty of comfort food and a toddy or two… and while we’re at the store, let’s pick up a bottle of aspirin, some stomach acid medicine, and maybe even plenty of dog food for the rottweiler….
A swipe of both your store’s loyalty card (gotta get those discounts!) and of course, your debit card to pay for your goods — and home you go to lay in for the weekend, read a good book, and max out on all that junk food and alcohol.
Come Monday, your purchases, aligned with your identity, will be sold to a health insurer, or life insurance company, perhaps an auto insurance group…. and they will have that information to review should you contact them to make an insurance purchase.
Find the rest of this post at its new location:
http://www.trishatorrey.com/2008/01/03/how-supermarket-purchases-violate-your-privacy-and-increase-the-cost-of-insurance/
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