The Tesco Clubcard Data Scam | Exposed: How Supermarkets Are Making Billions from Your Data

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Supermarkets profits have never been higher and yet we’re all in a cost of living crisis. Now some have said it’s naked profiteering while others have said it must be something else.
Most supermarkets work on a 1-3% margin which means they turn billions to make millions but if their profits are up… how else might they be making those sweet Benjamins? Or in the UK those sweet sweet King Charles.
It’ll come as no surprise to anyone that the profit margin on our data is much higher than food and the value of our data is only going up and has no sale-by date on it, unlike these bananas. Let’s look at why supermarkets are becoming data brokers, how much your data is actually worth and what we can do about it.
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Chapters -
🛒 0:00 - Intro - How supermarkets are becoming data brokers (Tesco, Sainsbury's, Aldi, Morrisons, Lidl, Co-op, Walmart etc)
🛒 0:44 - Part 1 - Clubcard points.
🛒 2:24 - Part 2 - The Mobile Loyalty App.
🛒 4:49 - Part 3 - Beyond your purchases
🛒 6:18 - Part 4 - The future of data
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@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. If you haven't already please subscribe for more and... Join the subreddit - www.reddit.com/r/TheInternetExplorers/ Maybe become a patron - www.patreon.com/SimonCaine Share this with a friend? Or just comment below for the algorithm. Godspeed.

@andrewillingworth Ай бұрын

Think it was film months ago cos the kfc is now a Burger King. Are you based in Scotland?

@simoncaine9515 Ай бұрын

@andrewillingworth good spot again! Yeah, I filmed this maybe 7/8 months ago. I am based in Scotland. I love it here. Are you? 😃

@Megaghost_ 10 ай бұрын

Unlike my behavioral data this video is priceless, I appreciate the effort you make in presenting tech & privacy topics and making us aware of the negative impact this regime is having in our daily lives. Privacy has became a luxury for a few.

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Thank you,I really appreciate that more than I can express. Sincerely. Privacy should not be a luxury. I'm tempted to get someone on from Big Brother Watch for a sort of podcast-esk chat episode 😁

@Edlandish 10 ай бұрын

This is an extremely important and informative video. I usually care about things like this but loyalty cards are something I never even considered being malicious, because I was here thinking it was...for loyalty. But now I think about it this whole 'clubcard price' etc has suddenly come out of nowhere and every supermarket seems to have adopted something similar all at once. Appreciate the effort of actually going to shoot on location for this one, and I like how you heartlessly parked perpendicular to an actual parking space in order to get a better shot. Good stuff.

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Edlandish. That's very kind of you. I do enjoy shooting outside but I hate how you're at the whim of nature. And I nearly got thrown out of Tesco's while filming it haha. Haha. I'm glad you noticed the parking. That was so everyone would go away (they didn't) and it would block my licence plate (it didn't). It's insanely clever how they've done it. It's very sneaky. And really, we have no control over it / can't stop them. Sigh. But I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for the kind words 😁 godspeed.

@andrewillingworth Ай бұрын

The Sainsbury’s intro looks like the one at Craig leith. The Tesco looks like the one at Corsphine and hermiston gate in Edinburgh

@simoncaine9515 Ай бұрын

Well spotted haha. I kept getting asked to leave / stop filming so I had to keep moving to different stores. There's also an ASDA and the Costco 😀

@pipsta 7 ай бұрын

They've been doing this for ages, even before clubcards with stock checks and stuff. Social media does the exact same thing with Amazon too.

@simoncaine9515 7 ай бұрын

This is just the next evolution and it's frustrating as fuck.

@pipsta 7 ай бұрын

@@simoncaine9515 I don't agree with it ofc but I feel like people ONLY see Tesco as the enemy here. It's a bit frustrating trying to explain to people that this is happening pretty much everywhere. They should make it illegal to sell items at 2 different prices for members and just have clubcards for points (like in the old days).

@Dylan-ke9bu 7 ай бұрын

They aren't even real discounts. Tesco's is selling hand towels for £9 on clubcard and £19 without. No one is charging £19 for a hand towel. In fact most are under £9.

@simoncaine9515 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely! It's a surcharge for not giving them your data. And it's a crime that they're getting away with it.

@honeycheerios42 10 ай бұрын

Look at Daddy Caine out there in the wild! Wonderful stuff as always, the membership discount thing has been irritating me a bit recently and this answered all my questions 👌

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Daddy Caine reporting for duty 😎 I loved and hated filming out in public - someone from Tescos nearly threw me out haha. But I loved how this came out. So sincerely thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it 😁🙏

@xXOFrannieOXx 10 ай бұрын

Three of you? The world better prepare hihi. But seriously, i use an "anonymous" card. They say i dont have to add my info to my card so it would stay private but i pay for my stuff with my bank account so that would link that card to my bankaccount. Anonymous my bum! Now, im from The netherlands and i know the laws are a bit different here but this stuff still urks me like hell.

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Same! Nothing is annon (except cash, although that can be sort of traced because the purchase is so "different"/unique). It's incredibly frustrating. 🤔

@freedfreespirit 7 ай бұрын

We can live without them.

@simoncaine9515 7 ай бұрын

I guess if you've got the money. Although some trial supermarkets now require a clubcard to get in...

@stevepage8595 10 ай бұрын

That was an interesting watch, Simon. Thanks for sharing, you have a new subscriber. (I’ve followed for ages on ⏰ but kept forgetting. Apologies. 🙏)

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for coming over. Welcome. Please take your shoes off. The carpet is new. That means a lot. I'm so glad you like the video. 🙏 Thank you!

@JohnSmith-gd2fg 10 ай бұрын

To add insult to injury, not only is the increase in price for those who don't present the 'Clubcard' considerable, even the 'Clubcard price' when you do use it is still more than the other supermarket in my town. So, I rarely shop at Tesco now, it's only when I need something from the adjacent pharmacy that I go in, and that really isn't that often. [Was in there today, they've just done a major reorganisation of the shelves, so forced to hunt for things I could have walked straight to, a few months ago. Think I'll give learning the new layout a miss...]

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Interestingly Waitrose has launched an app which uses VR to take you around the store... I'm not sure what data that's collecting but I'm guessing it's facial recognition again. Thank you for watching. Sorry it was a frustrating viewing haha. I hate it. I'm not sure how it's even legal. But apparently it's absolutely a-ok and so all the supermarkets now do it 🤔 See you in the next one. Godspeed 🙏

@VulpeX2Triumph 10 ай бұрын

Around 2:50, it apPEARs you touch the point how companies train you how to become loyal to there brand. Even if you are offered something with less profit margin, the supermarket still made you buy in there shop. They train you with a good not to go elsewhere and compare there (other) prices or check out cheaper products. What a good little customer you are! Do you want another biscuit?

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

You make a PEAR of good points. I read a study recently (although it had no confirmation from TikTok in it) which said that when they launched in a new market, any new accounts had one of their first 10 uploads go viral. Regardless of quality. Why? Get that dopamine running and train you to chase the thrill of it again. So you upload more. Good user.

@bobdavid343 9 ай бұрын

Great video

@simoncaine9515 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏 I really appreciate the support 😁

@deptofcarstereorepair 10 ай бұрын

have a 🍐pear🍐, Alex Jones

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

THEY'RE TURNING THE FROGS GAY WITH PEARS 🍐

@deptofcarstereorepair 10 ай бұрын

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@mothcub 9 ай бұрын

eye scanners in asda????? really? life is wrong

@simoncaine9515 9 ай бұрын

It's a "business decision". Also, I love the moth club 😁

@easyq12345 5 ай бұрын

It’s not cost living crises it man made planed price hike this is why supermarkets are making more money than ever

@simoncaine9515 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely this. Prove us wrong Tesco's... 😅😬

@easyq12345 5 ай бұрын

And more money thay make more tax government get everyone's a winner but the public only people who think outside box will get it covid 200 billion spent time get cash back raise taxes next elections we be out ok then let's rocket price of everything and blame inflation and war inflation to me was created to push prices up and down at will depending how tax system doing at that time

@rdd02 9 ай бұрын

I love my nectar prices - actual money off the products I’m buying anyway

@simoncaine9515 9 ай бұрын

Nectar also sell your data. And are increasingly copying Tesco's playbook. Sadly.

@autumnrose_tv 10 ай бұрын

Didn’t Tesco get called out for hiking the prices of products only to put the actual price on the club card price

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Yes. And they're able to get away with it due to their massive monopoly - the big 4 Supermarkets own the majority of the market.

@Happenpupe 10 ай бұрын

Why are so many of your shots mirrored? Even the "M" in s'blanoDcM Btw. I really like your Videos!

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Hello! So firstly, thank you 🙏 I really appreciate the support. That shot I don't think I flipped it. I filmed it on my phone (on my own). So I think it was just "badly" filmed. Same with some of the other shots out and about 😅

@stronglanguageus 10 ай бұрын

I hadn’t known lots of this. Pear horror.

@simoncaine9515 10 ай бұрын

Sorry not sorry. 🍐

@Raggamuffins777 7 ай бұрын

Correct me if I am wrong as I used to be a data broker back in the day, but GDPR makes it illegal to sell data on a 3rd party basis for contact unless it's at individual brand opt in level? Eg: RAC buy from Sainsbury's but can't cold contact unless each consumer had agreed prior to contact that the RAC could contact them. Note: this doesn't apply to countries who do not have to comply with UK / EU legislation like India, which is why Indians cold call you.