Hi
I am deeply upset and angry as I am a private person and am extreemly careful on and offline. I never agree or opt in to any thing that would share or sell on my data. I have NO layalty or reward cards becasue this allows retailers to track and moniot your on and off line lifestyle and build profiles based on your preferences and sell this on to others .. I woul dnot allow this if I was give 1000 pounds let alone a few pionts, howver at least these so called Loyalt crds ( makes me laugh as loyalty is reserved for your frinds/family/community and country but not some faceless conglomarate retailer perhps pwned by Private Equity ... At least with loyalty cards you are given the option to join, no one forces you to d o this
I need to warn you that on line some retailers are using spywear type cookies that embed themseves deeply into your architecture and according to Which ( Who I trust) and the BBC these cookies are monitoring/tracking/taging what we are doing and furthr more according to the privacy regulator
ICO if they are pushed and infected with out you onsent and without your knowledge or opt inthen this is a breach of the privacy rules. Sadly inspite of my very careful appraoch I have become a victim but as I said WITHOUT my consent so an innocent victim. Debenhams and Late Rooms are both using spyware cookies and they do not have the ability to switch off... this means it is down to you the consumer to either buy in the expertiese or to attmpt to do it your selves. I have reserached the mattter and in particular via Which and they state that to turn off these cooklies are a rael challenge. I am not sure what the consumer can do to protect themsleves given this is happending with out our knowledge and consent, maybe in advance we need to check with website that they will not infect with unwanted cookies or compalin to the obaord as I have done and now the ICO are investigating as it appears they ahve breached the privacy rules relating to cookies
These cookies are of NO benefit to us the consumer, they INTERRUPt/Take over the screen with rolling and flashing photos, you have NO control and can not turn them off ( no close x icon or button) anyone using your computer ( family or friends) will see images/photos of websites and or products/devices/hotles etc that you have been researching. Do let meknow if you have been infected and what you plan to do