"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:23:28 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon 21 Apr 2008 02:39:07p, Paul M. Cook told us...
>>>
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>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>>> 3.184...
>>>>> On Mon 21 Apr 2008 09:53:45a, Paul M. Cook told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:18:41 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Like I said, polls show most people don't care. Who ever would have
>>>>>>>>thought that your credit rating would affect your car insurance? It
>>>>>>>>does. Whoever
>>>>>>>>would have thought that your credit rating is used to deny medical
>>>>>>>>insurance? It is. Whoever would have thought banks would raise
>>>>>>>>your
>>>>>>>>CC rates because you have no life insurance? They do. And on and
>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>and on. How do they do it? They all share their databases.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> again, i'd like to see a cite for the groceries sharing this
>>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Once you see how data mining works, you can't ignore what they can
>>>>>>>>do
>>>>>>>>with this information. Take stores they already have electronic POS
>>>>>>>>systems and they know what sells and what does not and can tell you
>>>>>>>>to the unit how many cans of tomato soup they sold yesterday. So
>>>>>>>>why do they want your name attached to that purchase? Why do they
>>>>>>>>want a DL number? Why do they want a SSN? What you have to think
>>>>>>>>about is not what they will do with it today, but tomorrow.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> again, i say paranoia.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paranoia, paranoia, WRACK WRACK - poly want a cracker - poly is a
>>>>>> cracker - WRACK, tweet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have a happy and safe like, little sheep.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wayne, you can only assume emotional states on a newsgroup. If I am
>>>> paranoid because I guard my personal information then Blake can be a
>>>> parrot.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's true, one can only assume. I don't think you're parannoid, but I
>>> do
>>> think the topic has gone far beyond necessity.
>>>
>>> In my area one can obtain a card at any of the stores without giving any
>>> personal information. I give my phone number (actually, it is now an
>>> inactive phone number) just so that I can key it into the terminal if I
>>> forget the card. No one requires SSN, address, or other peronal data.
>>
>>They do not require because they may not legally but they do ask for it.
>>I
>>am a privacy nut after I did the data mining field for a while.
>>
>>Paul
>>
>
> they ask for it, you say no. problem solved.


Correct, which is what I have been advising people. Just don't go along. I
have 3 cards, neither of which has my name or any other true information on
it. And my phone number is 909-123-4567 on two of them and the third card
has exactly no information on it at all since I never gave them the
application form back.

Paul