“It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I’m glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there”
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“We don’t know each other, but we are now linked permanently in direct-marketing databases. I hope you are not a terrorist or associate with known terrorists. Otherwise, airplane travel is going to become a major hassle for my family and I.”
…this last one is quite concerning for those of us without credit history, who value our privacy and don’t give out personal information lightly. These records are now being used (or, at least, being proposed to be used) as identification verification, you are nobody unless you get junk mail and credit….”those databases…are inaccurate and that relying on them could lead to trouble for those whose data is outdated or for students or poor people who don’t have much of a “data footprint”.”