Web Coupons Know Lots About You, and They Tell

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
> Date: April 17, 2010 9:31:19 AM EDT
> To: "David J. J Farber" <dave () farber net>
> Cc: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: Web Coupons Know Lots About You, and They Tell

> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/business/media/17coupon.html?ref=todayspaper
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> A new breed of coupon, printed from the Internet or sent to mobile  
> phones, is packed with information about the customer who uses it.  
> While the coupons look standard, their bar codes can be loaded with  
> a startling amount of data, including identification about the  
> customer, Internet address, Facebook page information and even the  
> search terms the customer used to find the coupon in the first place.
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> This is nothing to new to list readers so I don’t need to say more.



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