CASPIAN: Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering

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Charges dismissed!
Arson charges against firefighter dropped after another confesses
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Segmentation continues
Stores continue to shift rewards to "top" shoppers
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Do not pass go, do not collect $200
Returns becoming problematic for some consumers
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So Long, farewell, auf weidersehen good-bye
Two stores drop card programs
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Bargain hunters beware
Personal data from "Smartbargains.com" for sale
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Customers get computers, employees get... less and less
Supermarkets are spending huge amounts on technology while cutting employee benefits
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Survey says!
BU study investigates supermarket cards
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Arms for sale
Man sells body space for permanent tattoo's
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Caveat Lector
Online newspaper registrations can lead to more than articles
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Card purchase records lead to arrest
Arson charges filed after fire starter purchase
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The Surveillance-Industrial Complex
ACLU releases report on government access to consumer databases
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Albertsons' goes on shopping spree
New England and California grocers added to Albertsons' "family"
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Albertsons' rolls out another card program
Osco Customers must use "preferred" card for discounts
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How safe is your card data?
Programmer leaves secret "back door" into database
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How safe is your card data part II
Information sold on open market
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The perils of privacy
databases result in unintended consequences for consumers
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What do they know about you?
A little information goes a long way in establishing a consumer's profile
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Politically correct profits
"Fair-Trade" goods help some retail stores far more than farmers
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Personal Privacy a thing of the past?
A future where employers monitor your every breath
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The interactive urinal
The latest in intrusive advertising
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TIA alive and well?
If the government isn't monitoring us, where ARE they getting all this information?
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Albertsons rolls out California card program
When labor lockout ends, card program begins
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Card free supermarkets top survey
Publix, Supervalue obtain highest ratings in customer satisfaction
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"Loyalty" program data for sale
Footaction "Starclub" membership information found on list broker web site
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You're not paranoid: they ARE watching you
Retail surveillance surreptitiously monitors shoppers
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Anti-card legislation proposed in Colorado
Senate bill would prohibit card programs in supermarkets
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QFC struggles to regain lost customers
Chain relaxes card usage requirements
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Card focus shifting
Future discounts to be based on purchase history
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Government officials seek card data
Information to be used to fight obesity
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Publix chooses privacy over "loyalty"
Supermarket chain confirms commitment to customers
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Free turkey soon to be extinct
Holiday offers become smaller, harder to qualify for
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Off-shoring of jobs raises privacy concerns
Medical, tax and credit data heading overseas
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Point of Sale data being collected and sold
Credit and debit card information collected at retail stores
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Hooked on Phonics and GNC Nutrition data compromised
Data sold despite assurances of privacy policy
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Big business = Big prices
Detroit study shows highest markups by national drug stores
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Ohio grocer "segments" shoppers with personalized prices
Shopper card data being put to discriminatory uses
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