Reply to post: Re: They does

'Tesco probably knows more about me than GCHQ': Infosec boffins on surveillance capitalism

David Nash Silver badge

Re: They does

Most of this is guessed/inferred, not actually known. Payday? Unless they are looking at my bank account there's no way they would know that. No, I don't have a Tesco bank account but I do have their credit card, the timing of spending and billing of which is entirely unrelated to when I get paid, as is my shopping.

Occupation/husband's occupation? Not sure how my supermarket shop could give this away, unless you buy a specific magazine for that occupation (how many of those are there?)

My guess is that Tesco and the others have a lot of semi-accurate and some completely inaccurate information about people.

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