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• IP address and location
• Transaction location
• Purchase activity
• Idle time
• All clicks and/or swipes

What They Do With Your Personal Information
What are they doing with this information? Well, they TELL you they are sharing it with merchants
and third party service providers they have partnerships with in order to target you with advertising.

What If I Don’t Want Them To Collect My Personal Information?
I can never do a story without a little sarcasm, so here it is . . . Luckily, this particular vendor has a
solution.

You got it. First, they tell you they reserve the right to do whatever they want with your personal
information in the future. Then they give you the out by telling you that if you don’t want us to
collect your information, then don’t use our kiosk.

Conclusion
Your personal information is valuable and it is yours. There has been a disturbing trend where
personal information is being collected and harvested by all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons.
Some are somewhat benign, such as targeting personalized advertising. Some are much more

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