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Shopper says Safeway cameras tracked a product she examined
Original: I picked it up, read the ingredients, put it back and walked away. Apparently, that was enough for images from # Safeway
A shopper says she picked up a Reese's One bar at Safeway, read the ingredients, and put it back. She claims store cameras and her phone's location data were then cross-referenced with her Instagram account, which served her an ad for that exact product. The story is fueling fresh concerns about retail surveillance and how much data stores and platforms share.
Why now: People are alarmed by claims that in-store cameras and phone location data can be linked to targeted ads for specific products.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 2 snapshots from 2 d ago to 2 d ago.
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