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Boycott Gillette is a project of CASPIAN, Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, online at http://www.nocards.org. Katherine Albrecht, CASPIAN Founder and
Director: (877) 287-5854 |
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CASPIAN Press
Releases
RFID tags in Australian Mach3 razor packages The US and the UK won't tolerate its spy chips, so Gillette's pushing them in the Land Down Under instead. December 22, 2003 Gillette reverses RFID position at Mach 3 speed Gillette does an abrupt about-face just days after Boycott Gillette campaign launched. August 19, 2003 CASPIAN launches Gillette boycott
Gillette faces consequences for spying on consumers. August 11, 2003 Gillette's RFID
Activities in Australia
A free spy
in every packThe Sydney Morning Herald reports that Australia's largest retailer, Coles Myer, is selling RFID-laced Gillette products in its stores. December 20, 2003 Backlash against Gillette 
M&S
faces righteous wrath over 'spy in a suit'The London Times profiles CASPIAN's extraordinary consumer victories, including Gillette's backdown August 26, 2003 Additional stories: Privacy fears over RFID must come before profit Silicon.com, August 26 , 2003 Gillette pulls RFID tags in UK amid protests Slashdot, August 22, 2003 Retailers rethink tagging plans CRM Daily, August 15, 2003 Boycott of Gillette urged over tracking of customers Sydney Morning Herald, August 12, 2003 Boycott against Gillette launched WorldnetDaily, August 12, 2003 Gillette Spy
Shelf Evidence
Tesco tests spy chip technology Tags in packs of razor
blades used to track buyers
By Alok Jha, Guardian Science Correspondent July 19, 2003 Examines loyalty cards, retail surveillance, and RFID-based customer tracking plans By Rachel Shabi, July 19, 2003 
RFID tags on Mach
3 razors snap your photo"Think RFID tags are harmless? Look at how they are being used in the UK" 
Shaving shoppers to be saved from surveillance?Close shaves in the security sector "If retailers think consumers will put up with this...they are mistaken" 
Technology
automatically IDs consumers
'Smart
shelf' innovation tracks customers as well as product sales By Jon Dougherty, July 19, 2003
Shopping
to go high-tech?
Radio
tracking of merchandise has privacy advocates steaming, By Jon Dougherty, July 19, 2003 |
