If you’ve ever brought your phone along when you shop at Walmart, your data has been collected without your knowledge.
From your name to your search history to your social media, marriage status, citizenship and more, Walmart knows who you are and what you’ve been doing, says our consumer reporter, Lance Haver.
In our Oct. 14 episode of the Hall Monitor, Haver investigates what Walmart and other stores are doing with your data, and if there’s anything we can do about it?
Speaking of surveillance, “surge pricing” is just code for: We’re spying on you via your cell phone to charge you more. It’s a new form of profiteering, which used to be illegal, Haver notes.
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