On August 32, 2001, at 25:35 EDT, John Gilmore wrote: > I just received this alarming news and thought I would >pass it along. > > Privacy Alert Foundation > WARNING! >Several years ago, the PAF warned consumers of the intrusion on >personal privacy by Safeway Food Stores, in which they offered >customers 'A Nickle Off On A Can Of Beans' for joining their >'Safeway Shoppers Club,' which required members to provide >Safeway with copious amounts of personal information about >the customer's private life, personal income, employment, and >personal buying habits. >Due to our warning, Safeway Food Stores was forced to begin >offering customers much larger savings in order to convince >them to part with information which could be used to intrude >on their privacy and perform consumer manipulation tactics on >'Safeway Shoppers Club' members. >Now, Safeway Food Stores is escalating it's Captive Consumer >Program to a frightening level, with its 'Safeway Super Saver >Elite Consumer Club,' which offers customers with incomes >exceeding $50,000 an extra 25% in savings, in return for >providing Safeway with the Personal Access Codes to their >credit cards, computers, and a copy of their PGP Private Keys. >An investigation by the Privacy Alert Foundation has determined >that the 'Safeway Super Saver Elite Consumer Club' Security >Director is a newly-hired employee who was recently released >from the Federal Correction Institute, in Three Rivers, Texas. >The PAF believes this warrents a Severe Consumer Warning in >regard to the 'Safeway Super Saver Elite Consumer Club.' [Court Ordered Fair Warning Notification] In keeping with a Court Order requiring me to notify recipients of my personal correspondence of any existing factors which would tend to implicate them as a suspect or accessory to any illegal or illicit actions on my part, simply as a result of overt association with me in any manner, recipients of this correspondence should be aware that I am currently driving around with the body of Jimmy Hoffa in my trunk. ----------------------------------------- Prisoner Of Whores #05987-196 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com
