Thomas W Cornfield, Roseville: letter about Walgreens scanning my Drivers license to buy a pack of cigarettes

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A letter from Thomas W Cornfield of Roseville objecting to Walgreens scanning a driver's license before selling a pack of cigarettes. The letter states that a scan collects the customer's name, address, birth date and other state information on the license, and asks what the company does with that information. It raises the possibility that the collected lists could be sold, used for advertising or exposed if the company is hacked, and states that the writer has not given permission to use the information. The letter is followed by a Facebook meme in which a caller ordering from Google Pizza is told that the company has cross-referenced medical records, bank statements and tax returns.

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“Rep. sohw Chuifhrow

Thomas W Cornfield
Roseville Ml

| am writing this letter to talk about Walgreens scanning my Drivers license to buy a pack of
cigarettes. The first time | saw a scanning of drivers licenses was when | wentto Vote A easy
way of checking on your residency. When | asked at the voting area was it a requirement to scan
My ID (license) | was told yes . Well that was a lie that i found out about going to mich elections |
could have asked them to look it up and that is the law. | understand that each city has a
polling list. And when they swipe your id they get all the info on it . So each of our cities would
like just to swipe to show where you live. And even they have rules from the state on swiping ID.

So now we come to a private company called Walgreens (I have seen this done at certain 7/11’s}
wanting to swipe your drivers’ licenses to show your birth date, and if you refuse then they
won't sell you the smokes. Their right to protect themselves against selling to minors which they
can get into a fot of trouble. But they can look at the iD (license) and see a birth date and a
picture of you. Now here is the question WHAT DO THEY DO WITH ALL THE OTHER INFO THEY
GET FROM THE SCAN ?7???

Well they get your name , address, and birth date
All the states info on the ID (license) what ever that may be

After a list of many ,many people are gathered are they going to sell the list (YA) and the Info
they have collected

Are they going to use it for their advertising campaigns

| have not given them any permission to use any of my info. And what if they get hacked , and
they do.

Thomas W Cornfield
Face book Meme

C - Hello! Is this Gordon's Pizza?

G - No sir- It's Google Pizza.

C - | must have dialed a wrong number. Sorry.

G - No sir. Google bought Gordon's Pizza last month.

C - OK. | would like to order a pizza.

G - Do you want your usual, sir?

C - My usual - you know me?

G - According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an
extra-large pizza with three cheeses - sausage - pepperoni - mushrooms and meat balls
on a thick crust.

C - OK - that's what | want.

G - May | suggest that this time you order a pizza with ricotta - arugula - sun-dried
tomatoes and olives on a whole wheat, gluten free, thin crust?

C - What? | detest vegetables.

G - Your cholesterol is not good, sir.

C - How the hell do you know?

G - Well, we cross-referenced your home phone number with your medical records. We
have the results of your blood tests for the last 7 years.

C - Okay, but | do not want your rotten vegetable pizza! | already take medication for my
cholesterol.

G - Excuse me sir, but you have not taken your medication regularly. According to our
database, you only purchased a box of 30 cholesterol tablets once, at CVS, 4 months
ago.

C - | bought more from another drugstore.

G - That doesn't show on your credit card statement.

C - | paid in cash.

G - But you did not withdraw enough cash according to your bank statement.

C - | have other sources of cash.

G - That doesn't show on your last tax return unless you bought them using an
undeclared income source, which is against the law.

C - WHAT THE HELL?!!!

G - I'm sorry, sir, we use such information only with the sole intention of helping you.

C - Enough already! I'm sick to death of Google - Facebook - Twitter - WhatsApp and all
the others!!! I’ m going to an island without internet - cable TV - where there is no cell
phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me!!

G - | understand sir - but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago.

Sent from my iPhone


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