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Possible Dangerous Christmas Lights. A Warning From Which.

Many tested Christmas lights failed safety tests. Dangerous lights exist according to Which.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/16/christmas-tree-lights-fire-hazard-which


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  • Simon Barker:


    Why do they need to know it?  So they can sell on the information to other people, mostly to target advertising to you (and your friends).  That's how so much on the internet is funded these days.


    There's an old saying: if you're not paying, then you're not the customer, you're the product.



    Sat on a train a few months back where two of the other passengers opposite me were getting a bit flirty and had been chatting to each other for a good 1/2 hour. The guy asks the girl what she does for a living and she says that she's a 'Data Controller' "What's that?" he asks. Then she explains that she works for an organisation that captures data i.e. contact details from various places and sells them on for marketing purposes. She then goes on in great detail to say how much each piece of data is worth so a phone number is worth more than an email address etc ."So it's organisations like yours that sell my data to scammers, PPI callers and for 'I understand you've had a recent accident that wasn't your fault' nuisance marketing?

    "Well, that is one side of it " she replied

    "I think this is my stop....bye" he snapped. 


    Budding relationship short lived... ?

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  • Simon Barker:


    Why do they need to know it?  So they can sell on the information to other people, mostly to target advertising to you (and your friends).  That's how so much on the internet is funded these days.


    There's an old saying: if you're not paying, then you're not the customer, you're the product.



    Sat on a train a few months back where two of the other passengers opposite me were getting a bit flirty and had been chatting to each other for a good 1/2 hour. The guy asks the girl what she does for a living and she says that she's a 'Data Controller' "What's that?" he asks. Then she explains that she works for an organisation that captures data i.e. contact details from various places and sells them on for marketing purposes. She then goes on in great detail to say how much each piece of data is worth so a phone number is worth more than an email address etc ."So it's organisations like yours that sell my data to scammers, PPI callers and for 'I understand you've had a recent accident that wasn't your fault' nuisance marketing?

    "Well, that is one side of it " she replied

    "I think this is my stop....bye" he snapped. 


    Budding relationship short lived... ?

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