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11. Or at least a few prepaid debit cards with fake names :) n/t

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:45 PM

Feb 2012

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How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did [View all] n2doc Feb 2012 OP

This Target data mining and advertising ohheckyeah Feb 2012 #1

They are data mining the information they collected.. snooper2 Feb 2012 #3

That doesn't make it any less creepy. Brigid Feb 2012 #5

That's why everybody says to pay with cash- snooper2 Feb 2012 #6

Or at least a few prepaid debit cards with fake names :) n/t arcane1 Feb 2012 #11

I didn't say it was illegal or nobody else does it. ohheckyeah Feb 2012 #16

Was this guy creepy too? jberryhill Feb 2012 #4

Good point... redqueen Feb 2012 #13

It's not creepy, per se...just marketing. Atman Feb 2012 #7

I mentioned this on another thread RZM Feb 2012 #9

Pay cash and they have no way of knowing who you are. n/t Fla Dem Feb 2012 #10

A story I remember from 20 years or so ago ... zbdent Feb 2012 #2

ahahahaha MadrasT Feb 2012 #26

My aunt always bought baby food for her beloved Siamese cat. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #33

Simple cure to data mining-pay cash. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #12

It won't be completely effective jmowreader Feb 2012 #21

But they won't be ads tailored to you specifically. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #25

I actually LIKE tailored ads jmowreader Feb 2012 #27

Can you fix the link? tammywammy Feb 2012 #14

sorry. Should be fixed n/t n2doc Feb 2012 #17

cotton balls? n/t orleans Feb 2012 #15

Another reason, besides saving car trips, to shop for friends saras Feb 2012 #18

I fail to see what Target did wrong joeglow3 Feb 2012 #19

If you really want to fuck with them, buy baby food and rat poison Major Nikon Feb 2012 #22

Aaagh! nt MADem Feb 2012 #23

thanks for this information, it's helpful HeiressofBickworth Feb 2012 #24

I'd do it, better safe than sorry. Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #29

I'd get to the bottom of it. Iris Feb 2012 #31

Wow, that's really creepy! Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #28

That you should have got on an hour ago...before you ordered the pizza? jmowreader Feb 2012 #35