Title: Retailer Pilot/ FlyingJ gives police access to customer loyalty card data Source:
landlinemag.com URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBfWzBkdxmE Published:Jan 28, 2012 Author:. Post Date:2012-01-28 16:52:13 by Artisan Keywords:None Views:124 Comments:5
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Iowa police comparing logbooks against Pilot Rewards Cards http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2010/Dec10/122710/122910-04.shtml
The driver didn’t have paperwork – like fuel receipts – to support his logbook, because he’d mailed everything back to Montana. So the patrolman asked him for his Pilot Rewards Card, which the officer proceeded to scan into a computer. Farrell says he’s never heard of that being part of an inspection and found it offensive.
“He did a level three and my guy was legal. … When he got all through, he told the driver ‘well, it doesn’t look like you have any points left on your card, but you’ve got four showers.’”
Farrell wants to know if any time you get stopped by a highway patrolman, they can ask how many showers are left.
“My feelings are that it’s private,” Farrell told Land Line Now.
“Just because they see it shouldn’t mean that they should have access. I told Pilot Corp. if that’s the way they’re going to be, we may have to stop using their Rewards Card.” Courtney Greene, a spokeswoman for the Iowa State Patrol, confirms that officers are checking Rewards Cards to verify logs. She claims the courts have upheld the practice. The patrol rejected a request for an interview on the Rewards Card issue.
Poster Comment:
This story is from dec. 2010, but I just heard about it from a rebroadcast of Dr katherine Albrecht's show. She's been warning about the privacy risks of these cards for years at nocards.org. I don't know who'd be stupid enough to give their rewards card to a cop. Cops can ask for anything, but that doesnt mean that one must comply with everything they ask.
The only "loyaty" card I have is registered at an address and phone number that I haven't had for over ten years, but on the rare occasions I shop at that store I just say I've lost the card and give them my old phone number. Works every time.