Protect Your Privacy, Just Say No
New Lenox, IL - U.S.A. Just saying "NO," more often, can make a difference in having some control over our privacy issues.
Consumers are being asked to reveal the tiniest of personal information in bits and pieces, for no other reason than to benefit business. Shockingly, consumers are doing it without questioning "why," and for what purpose that information is required. Common sense is going-out-the-window.
Businesses are taking discretionary actions under the premise ... it's "Company Policy." This policy is more to protect themselves, accumulate information on you and your habits, and probe your brain about your likes and dislikes. They are out to get every penny out of your pocket they can, by packaging and marketing this information to help assure, you will be more than tempted to buy, and buy, and buy again.
They do it under the guise of "Customer Servicing" in order to get your e-mail address, opening up an avenue of opportunity for further solicitation.
Another ruse used is in computer software, the "get" your birth date. A company can then show they "care," by sending you a Birthday Greeting. The worst part of this is, No information ... No transaction! Companies are banking on the fact you want that product badly enough you'll give them the information. Instead, call the order in.
Some stores now use discretion, utilizing a specific code or fictitious birth date to bypass the software. The capability to override, is evidence the information requested is questionably out-of-line.
Don't randomly give out your birth date or any other information. You are opening your self up to the possibility of fraud or identity theft. If you must, a driver's license is a standard and sufficient form of acccepted identification.
It was eloquently stated in the movie Forest Gump, "Stupid is, what stupid does." Unfortunately, that goes both ways. How much information have you given out thinking you had to?
Copyright 9/06/05 cgh-CeCe Day Hill, Jane Doe Chronicles (c) All Rights Reserved
Copyright 9/06/05 cgh-CeCe Day Hill, The Jane Doe Chronicles (c) All Rights Reserved
Consumers are being asked to reveal the tiniest of personal information in bits and pieces, for no other reason than to benefit business. Shockingly, consumers are doing it without questioning "why," and for what purpose that information is required. Common sense is going-out-the-window.
Businesses are taking discretionary actions under the premise ... it's "Company Policy." This policy is more to protect themselves, accumulate information on you and your habits, and probe your brain about your likes and dislikes. They are out to get every penny out of your pocket they can, by packaging and marketing this information to help assure, you will be more than tempted to buy, and buy, and buy again.
They do it under the guise of "Customer Servicing" in order to get your e-mail address, opening up an avenue of opportunity for further solicitation.
Another ruse used is in computer software, the "get" your birth date. A company can then show they "care," by sending you a Birthday Greeting. The worst part of this is, No information ... No transaction! Companies are banking on the fact you want that product badly enough you'll give them the information. Instead, call the order in.
Some stores now use discretion, utilizing a specific code or fictitious birth date to bypass the software. The capability to override, is evidence the information requested is questionably out-of-line.
Don't randomly give out your birth date or any other information. You are opening your self up to the possibility of fraud or identity theft. If you must, a driver's license is a standard and sufficient form of acccepted identification.
It was eloquently stated in the movie Forest Gump, "Stupid is, what stupid does." Unfortunately, that goes both ways. How much information have you given out thinking you had to?
Copyright 9/06/05 cgh-CeCe Day Hill, Jane Doe Chronicles (c) All Rights Reserved
Copyright 9/06/05 cgh-CeCe Day Hill, The Jane Doe Chronicles (c) All Rights Reserved
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