[SGVLUG] web coupons tracking more info on customers now:

[matti]

web coupons tracking more info on customers now:

"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."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Web-Coupons-Know-Lots-About-nytimes-1198489466.html?x=0&.v=1

[ note, you have to have the last part of the URL in otherwise
you get a 404 error... "?x=0&.v=1" ]

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matti