Miriam Cherry describes an interaction with an AT&T customer service rep. Of note, she blogs: …. After the fourth text I didn’t look at while driving, she told me something that I have yet to verify, but which would be an interesting development, if confirmed. The customer service representative said that she had heard that…
Category: Business
Student Credit Cards: $83 Million Dollar Pay Off
Lyn O’Shaughnessy provides some interesting statistics on how much schools are earning by providing student info to credit card issuers: Do university administrators feel guilty about encouraging their students to sign up for credit cards that provided kickbacks to their schools? […] Last year credit card companies issued more than $83 million to universities, alumni associations and…
Amazon wins fight to keep customer records private
Declan McCullagh reports: In a victory for the free speech and privacy rights of Amazon.com customers, a federal judge ruled today that the company would not have to turn over detailed records on nearly 50 million purchases to North Carolina tax collectors. The state had demanded sensitive information including names and addresses of North Carolina…
Rochelle Park ShopRite’s new alcohol policies for customers under 26 – “a disgusting abuse of privacy”
disregard_karma writes: I am 23 years old and usually buy my liquor from the local Shop Rite. They are inexpensive and have good hours. Tonight, I was disgusted by a new policy of theirs enforced on their younger customers (under 26). I was buying a 6 pack of beer. I expected to be carded and…