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andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) writes:
/ Incredible Universe is controversial here because they won't let you in
/ without a membership card, which they issue.  The application form
/ requires you to give quite a bit of personal information.  You must use
/ this card each time you make a purchase, so IU can keep a complete list
/ of everything you've bought.  Speculation is that they turn this
/ information into targeted marking lists.

I don't really understand why this is controversial. I would just refuse
to shop there if I disagreed with their policies. It would only be
controversial if I was forced to shop there.

I once tried to buy some expensive electronic equipment with a credit card.
The clerk wanted all kinds of personal information, and when I refused to
give it to him (he had already verified the credit card with the phone thingie),
he claimed it was "store policy". I said my policy was to not give out such
information, handed the merchandise back, and bought it from his competitor.