{"id":447511,"date":"2022-05-15T22:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-wants-to-pay-you-for-your-shopping-data-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-05-15T22:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T19:00:18","slug":"amazon-wants-to-pay-you-for-your-shopping-data-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-wants-to-pay-you-for-your-shopping-data-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon Wants to Pay You For Your Shopping Data \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e737acd8a6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e737acd8a6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-wants-to-pay-you-for-your-shopping-data-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CAmazon_Wants_to_Pay_You_For_Your_Shopping_Data_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Amazon Wants to Pay You For Your Shopping Data \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmazon_Wants_to_Pay_You_For_Your_Shopping_Data_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Amazon Wants to Pay You For Your Shopping Data \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-117893 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/82106e65.png?width=400 400w, https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/82106e65.png?width=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/05\/82106e65.png?width=1200\" alt=\"Amazon Alexa logo on phone screen\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/west-bangal-india-september-28-2021-2059809749\" data-credittext=\"sdx15\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/west-bangal-india-september-28-2021-2059809749\">sdx15\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s latest idea, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=23869270011&amp;tag=reviewgeek-20\">cashback rewards system<\/a>, is offering you the chance to get a little money back on select purchases at your favorite stores. But a darker motive lurks behind the lightly lucrative veneer of the concept: data collection.<\/p>\n<p>The feature, called Shopping List Savings, is now available on the Alexa <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>. To use it, you\u2019ll open the app before you go shopping, browse through current manufacturer offers, and add them to your shopping list. Then, you\u2019ll go shopping at your preferred store (anywhere that\u2019ll give you an itemized receipt), buy those items, then scan the receipt and product barcodes to finalize redeeming the offer deals.<\/p>\n<p>And within 24-48 hours (but possibly up to one week), your cashback will appear directly on your Amazon gift card, which you can then use to purchase any eligible items on Amazon. Sounds straightforward, right? Well, not exactly.<\/p>\n<p>While you may get a few bucks (or cents) back here and there on random purchases, it\u2019s not quite the deal you may want to sign up for. Why? Through this app, Amazon will be freely and regularly handed vast information not just on participants\u2019 shopping data, but on pricing at these other stores.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=23869270011&amp;tag=reviewgeek-20\">states<\/a> in the feature\u2019s Terms and Conditions that, \u201cBy choosing to participate in the Alexa Shopping List Savings program we will get any information you provide, including receipt images and information we may extract from those receipts, and the offers you activate. You understand and acknowledge that your personal information may be shared with Amazon\u2019s service providers. The information you give to us will be used and shared as described in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/help\/customer\/display.html?nodeId=468496&amp;ref_=footer_privacy&amp;tag=reviewgeek-20\">Amazon.com<\/a> Privacy Notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So to be clear: you will need to take a picture of your entire receipt every time you want to redeem any of these deals, and you\u2019ll be sharing it with Amazon. The company not only learns about pricing for the products you marked in the app, but also about every other item you purchased that day. That\u2019s more data about what other places are charging for items\u00a0<em>and<\/em> it\u2019s more data about your personal shopping habits.<\/p>\n<p>The company doesn\u2019t share any additional details on how it will process that data, or whether it has any intentions of anonymizing the data. While there are other apps and services offering up similar benefits (and, likewise, taking in similar data sets), this effort from Amazon is extra concerning, thanks to Amazon making no promises towards anonymizing your data or sharing what it plans to do with it. Among other things, this could help Amazon undercut prices at other stores and help it build a profile on the types of things you (or people like you) tend to buy at a particular store.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u2026 kind of creepy. All we can say is, make sure you\u2019re cool with that trade-off before you use the Shopping List Savings program.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=23869270011&amp;tag=reviewgeek-20\">Amazon<\/a> via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/amazons-latest-alexa-feature-lets-you-scan-shopping-receipts-for-cashback-rewards-124547327.html?tag=reviewgeek-20\">Engadget<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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