Not exact matches
Sure, the copier doesn't care if a smartphone
tracks ink
purchases, but office workers could certainly care if their devices
track their spending
habits, like their morning coffee and bagel, for expense reports or the Amazon accounts they visit on their lunch break.
To focus on simply Google and Facebook, though, is to miss how much other data collection is going on: ad networks are
tracking you on nearly every website you visit, your credit card company is
tracking your
purchases (and by extension your location), your grocery store is
tracking your eating
habit, the list goes on and on.
So far there's no sign that Google is using that data to target its advertising but users might want to think hard about the amount of
purchase information they're giving to a company that's also capable of reading their emails and
tracking their Internet browsing
habits.
The company's knowledge of its customers is backed up by a sophisticated software system that
tracks each individual customer's
purchasing habits and collates the data into information that is useful for the company, its vendors and the customer.
«We
track individual
purchases and
habits all the time.
Today's stories include a look at how age affects our reading
habits (the answers may surprise you), news about how Hulu
tracks piracy to decide what shows to
purchase and a free book of political cartoons to enjoy!
Blueprint ® also helps to avoid paying interest by selecting
purchase categories to pay off in full, as well as keep
track of your spending
habits.
It would be wonderful if we all would write down all of our cash
purchases to keep
track of our spending
habits.
The process of putting pen to paper and physically engaging with
tracking the money you spent, will help you connect with your
purchasing habits and determine whether or not they serve you.