#Norway government will track all supermarket purchases
Statistics Norway (SSB) is the state entity in charge of collecting, producing and communicating statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local level. As everything related to a person living in Norway is linked to their fødselnummer (birth number), the SSB already knows where you live, what you earn and what is on your criminal record. The SSB has ordered Norway's major supermarket chains to share all data from their receipts with the agency.
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket-purchases/
#gov #surveillance #stalking #supermarket #why
Statistics Norway (SSB) is the state entity in charge of collecting, producing and communicating statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local level. As everything related to a person living in Norway is linked to their fødselnummer (birth number), the SSB already knows where you live, what you earn and what is on your criminal record. The SSB has ordered Norway's major supermarket chains to share all data from their receipts with the agency.
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket-purchases/
#gov #surveillance #stalking #supermarket #why
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Norway to Track All Supermarket Purchases
Statistics Norway wants to receive several million daily receipts from food stores, signalling a new era in state data collection. Privacy advocates and the supermarkets themselves are unhappy. People living in Norway are used to