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vancouverforsale
Sep 26th, 2005, 01:42 PM
A slice of what the webpage holds below...

http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/story/0,1456,1573990,00.html

· Crucible database is exhaustive - and secret
· Government bodies are tapped for information

Heather Tomlinson and Rob Evans
Tuesday September 20, 2005
The Guardian

Tesco is quietly building a profile of you, along with every individual in the country - a map of personality, travel habits, shopping preferences and even how charitable and eco-friendly you are. A subsidiary of the supermarket chain has set up a database, called Crucible, that is collating detailed information on every household in the UK, whether they choose to shop at the retailer or not.

HughG
Sep 26th, 2005, 07:10 PM
dude you need to chill out a bit.

your begining to sound paranoid today.

:|

scrappy
Sep 30th, 2005, 11:50 AM
Have to agree with Hugh, your are starting to sound paraniod. Looks like a standard polling/consumer info company that doesn't want to give up info.

NDman
Sep 30th, 2005, 11:54 AM
dude you need to chill out a bit.

your begining to sound paranoid today.

:|
Just today???

Rightfully so, finally banned