Point is they dont, as the cost of fees to deal with cash outweight the few customers they lose

Edited by bobble_bob (Fri 12-Aug-22 19:31:36)

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

You're really going to lose your mind, again, when you see how much data Tesco and others hold on their loyalty card holders. Alongside of course that they consented to it.

This is why I refuse to have loyalty cards these days.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

GDPR, LOL, even if it does protect people, which I doubt it does, it will not affect us soon as our government is dropping it.

The city of london (financial markets) is against this, it could cost the ability for the UK to do any business with the EU countries, and would be a huge mistake. That is something the electorate should be asked at a General Election.

For the country that almost invented data privacy law back in 1984 ... when most of the world had no idea what we were on about.

Now the Computer Misue Act 1990 is a different thing thing altogether and has problems for anyone doing IT Security research.

Edited by jchamier (Fri 12-Aug-22 19:32:25)

ETIAS is coming to us probably next year for travel to the Schengen area. AIUI the same technology is being introduced here from 2024 for visitors to the UK.

I do wish you hadn't posted this thread in Broadband Chatter. I know you didn't mean to but it is so disappointing when I am hoping to find some interesting broadband problem and it's all about cash or cards or whatever someone's screwed up political take on it is, I just don't want to know.

Perhaps the easy answer is I should just ignore the thread.

Edited by Realalemadrid (Fri 12-Aug-22 20:03:36)

In reply to a post by jchamier:

The city of london (financial markets) is against this, it could cost the ability for the UK to do any business with the EU countries, and would be a huge mistake. That is something the electorate should be asked at a General Election.

For the country that almost invented data privacy law back in 1984 ... when most of the world had no idea what we were on about.

Now the Computer Misue Act 1990 is a different thing thing altogether and has problems for anyone doing IT Security research.

By the time we have an election, it will be too late to do anything.

In reply to a post by Realalemadrid:

I do wish you hadn't posted this thread in Broadband Chatter. I know you didn't mean to but it is so disappointing when I am hoping to find some interesting broadband problem and it's all about cash or cards or whatever someone's screwed up political take on it is, I just don't want to know.

Perhaps the easy answer is I should just ignore the thread.

i know, sorry.

In reply to a post by pluralist:

ETIAS is coming to us probably next year for travel to the Schengen area. AIUI the same technology is being introduced here from 2024 for visitors to the UK.

Quite some jump from data protection to immigration, but the idea of course comes from the US and Australia that have had electronic immigration approvals for years.

I was thinking about GDPR which was mentioned, and the fact the EU will require fingerprint and facial biometrics from us soon just to travel to at least the Schengen area. (That'll upset some on this site ).

Total state surveillance really. AIUI China has a large proportion of its own population's facial bios on file. It'll come here before long for all of us, not just immigrants.

In reply to a post by pluralist:

I was thinking about GDPR which was mentioned, and the fact the EU will require fingerprint and facial biometrics from us soon just to travel to at least the Schengen area. (That'll upset some on this site ).

Total state surveillance really. AIUI China has a large proportion of its own population's facial bios on file. It'll come here before long for all of us, not just immigrants.

I have no intention of going abroad, so it will bother me not.
As for coming here, maybe at some point, but I think it will be years, the Tories got rid of the last I.D card system that was set up, and I don't think Labour will try again if they get back in.

No doubt they will try and slip something in by the back door at some point, the digital I.D system may be the start of it.