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Hey guys! WM Associate here. Let me know if you have questions about our data storage practices (or anything else). I'm wanting to shed some light on our pract

Hey guys! WM Associate here. Let me know if you have questions about our data storage practices (or anything else). I'm wanting to shed some light on our practices, as we aren't as sketch as most believe. Throw-away account for obvious reasosns.

badrabbit 8y ago
Purchase data sharing with 3rd parties and facial recognition,how rampant are they? And do you know anything about how they track cell phone's wifi mac as a customer goes around the store?
- totallyashill 8y ago
  Data Sharing Agreements: None that I know of. That bit is a little out of my range. Facial Recognition: Very, Very Little. Only in one store at the moment, and it's designed for Asset Protection and tracking a thief around the store. As for tracking MAC addresses, we track Enterprise devices that associates use, but not customers.
grimbly 8y ago
Mining data is already too "sketch" for most people that are walking through your store, and you do not inform any of them that you are doing this to them. Don't come to a public forum to run PR. Your username makes it obvious that you're already trying to play as if you're subverting something, but you are merely fulfilling a trope. Don't resurrect a 14 year-old article simply to hijack any subsequent discussion for yourself. Quit your job and join something positive for once.
bluedino 8y ago
Why is PULSE such a steaming pile?
- totallyashill 8y ago
  Because our internal infrastructure is a steaming pile of s*. Probably. I don't use it, so I can't particularly comment.
MrEfficiency 8y ago
Does 1 person's weekly buying habits affect a store? I feel like everything I buy has gotten more variety since I started shopping there. Also, how did you find out about HN?
- totallyashill 8y ago
  Not really, many of the stores are $1M+, so a $100 purchase of groceries could just be considered an outlier. The bigger changes you'll find is when word of mouth spreads about a specific product. Ex. If Tide came out with a new version of the pods, sales will be slow (assuming no advertising) for the first few weeks, but it acts more like an exponential curve if the product catches on. Good! The Dark pattern for the store layout is working :P Friend referred me.

badrabbit 8y ago

Purchase data sharing with 3rd parties and facial recognition,how rampant are they? And do you know anything about how they track cell phone's wifi mac as a customer goes around the store?

totallyashill 8y ago
Data Sharing Agreements: None that I know of. That bit is a little out of my range. Facial Recognition: Very, Very Little. Only in one store at the moment, and it's designed for Asset Protection and tracking a thief around the store. As for tracking MAC addresses, we track Enterprise devices that associates use, but not customers.

grimbly 8y ago

Mining data is already too "sketch" for most people that are walking through your store, and you do not inform any of them that you are doing this to them. Don't come to a public forum to run PR. Your username makes it obvious that you're already trying to play as if you're subverting something, but you are merely fulfilling a trope. Don't resurrect a 14 year-old article simply to hijack any subsequent discussion for yourself. Quit your job and join something positive for once.

bluedino 8y ago

Why is PULSE such a steaming pile?

totallyashill 8y ago
Because our internal infrastructure is a steaming pile of s*. Probably. I don't use it, so I can't particularly comment.

MrEfficiency 8y ago

Does 1 person's weekly buying habits affect a store? I feel like everything I buy has gotten more variety since I started shopping there. Also, how did you find out about HN?

totallyashill 8y ago
Not really, many of the stores are $1M+, so a $100 purchase of groceries could just be considered an outlier. The bigger changes you'll find is when word of mouth spreads about a specific product. Ex. If Tide came out with a new version of the pods, sales will be slow (assuming no advertising) for the first few weeks, but it acts more like an exponential curve if the product catches on. Good! The Dark pattern for the store layout is working :P Friend referred me.