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Jun 23rd, 2012 @ 5:06pm
How would Insurance Companies even know?
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Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Keep His Insurance Company From Knowing His Bad Diet Habits
A huge question (to me) not addressed in this article:
If this person buys junk food with his credit card, perhaps his bank could know and the retailer could know, but how would the insurance company know?
Unless the insurance company is part of the same corporation as the bank or junk food retailer -- which would be strange, right?/div>
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How would Insurance Companies even know?
If this person buys junk food with his credit card, perhaps his bank could know and the retailer could know, but how would the insurance company know?
Unless the insurance company is part of the same corporation as the bank or junk food retailer -- which would be strange, right?/div>
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