If having Store cards doesn't seem like a big deal to you read this.

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28. Target goes by credit card, too

It creeped me out when I first realized it.

I buy some big items for my mom at Target (cat litter, feminine products, pharmacy stuff). When I go in to pick up some M&M's or something I get those register printed coupons for many of the same items I buy for my mom once a month. It has nothing to do with my purchases but I use the same credit card.

I really don't like it. Pretty soon, I'm sure target will have "affiliates" where they buy a $1's worth of stock in another company and then can sell their info to them and tell you they are only sharing it with their partners. I don't like that crap. When their partner becomes a health insurance provider and they report all the food stuffs you buy and how often. Just asking for trouble. And the records are stored forever.

Target corp. may not have any bad intentions but the data could be used in negative ways far into the future.