Tesco stocks up on inside knowledge of shoppers' lives

[vancouverforsale]

A slice of what the webpage holds below...

http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/st...573990,00.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]

dude you need to chill out a bit.

your begining to sound paranoid today.

[scrappy]

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]

dude you need to chill out a bit.

your begining to sound paranoid today.

Just today???

Rightfully so, finally banned