Post #3279629

2026-06-03 09:51 UTC

@ocktoboy14@mastodon.social @Gjoel@mstdn.dk @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social store cards are one of the worst examples of pay or consent - or privacy only available to the rich. There’s no supermarket in the UK (except Aldi) where the discounts for the tracking cards aren’t so substantial that anyone on normal incomes really has a choice. The best you can do atm is where you can have a physical card (not the case for Lidl) grab a few different ones and hand out a random one.

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@finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social 2026-06-03 10:49

@clare_hooley@mastodon.me.uk @ocktoboy14@mastodon.social @Gjoel@mstdn.dk We have looked at loyalty cards and memberships, and I think the argument from our complaint today could apply there as well. How free is the consent when there are massive discounts / monetary rewards for giving up your right to privacy? Also, such clubs make fair competition and price comparision more difficult. All prices and discounts should be publicly available. Even more important now the surveillance pricing is growing.

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@ocktoboy14@mastodon.social 2026-06-03 11:23

@clare_hooley@mastodon.me.uk @Gjoel@mstdn.dk @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social interesting, then I assume it is a bit more of a strong incentive than here. We still have some options were you can pay with cash, perhaps at a small premium compared to Lidl etc, and membership bonuses are rarely more than 10%. And that is just groceries. I think we have bigger fish to fry when it comes to protecting consumers' privacy.

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