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Giving your address to a business?

Augmerson · 2010-11-10 02:20:54

I have a question concerning a business asking for my address as part of a in-store promotional discount scheme. In return for a discount, I had to sign a card with my name and address. I was told that my address would not be kept and that I would not recieve any material such as advertising etc from that business, but if…

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10-11-2010 3:20am

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Augmerson

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I have a question concerning a business asking for my address as part of a in-store promotional discount scheme. In return for a discount, I had to sign a card with my name and address. I was told that my address would not be kept and that I would not recieve any material such as advertising etc from that business, but if that's the case, why would they need my address? What would they be doing with it.

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#2 10-11-2010 8:21am
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They could use it to collect demographics and geographical information about their customer base.

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