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Asked if the Nectar prices were genuine discounts, Roberts said: “They’re absolutely genuine great value prices for customers, what this is about is rewarding loyal customers.
“Is it a genuine discount?”
“Its genuine great value!”
So, no, they aren’t genuine discounts. Absolutely cop out avoid the question
That's because his/her data isn't included. The decision would be different if that data included his/her shopping history.
That's no fun for the guardian. Gotta get those clicks with controversial misleading headlines. Totally not a tabloid, totally....
What this article fails to explain is what exactly they are selling and how that is matched up to groups of users. It also fails to explain how advertising is linked to anonymous users at the other end and how throughout all of this it's just a random ID they are targeting rather than Mr Phillips from Doncaster. It doesn't explain at all the mechanism to do this because it doesn't match the narrative they want to push of outrage. It only mentions it in passing and of you don't already know how these things work you're still none the wiser.
Never stop being the guardian, never stop. 😂🤣😂.
A defence that will create long tern harm to users. Will trash mine and shop elsewhere
its good that they mention facebook at the end, the largest data selling company on earth. Whatsapp, Insta and FB already have you nailed down. I wonder what the story really is here, a hit job on Nectar by the guardian dosnt really ring anyones bells
what we hear from customers, they don’t want to be sent lots of marketing and media messages that aren’t relevant to them
Yeah sure, if you phrased it as "do you want all the spam or slightly less spam?", if you'd been honest and said "do you want us to track you and sell the data to the highest bidder?" then a few more people would have your you to fuck off. I'd like you to sell me the products I actually want and fuck off with every advert full stop, but one step at a time, eh?
You know, they don't actually check the address or name you put in when registering for a nectar card. Imagine what would happen if enough people accidentally put the wrong details in there - I can't imagine the data would be worth as much if it's mostly nonsense.