Shopping Malls To Track Your Mad Dash For Deals Using Your Cellphone

Release Date 25 Nov, 2011 in Gizmodo

	The Black Friday malls that will track where you shop and how long you stay ... Daily Mail - 25 Nov, 2011 It will give shopping centres valuable data on where customers go and how long they spend there. But it might feel a bit like they're spying on you. Two US malls in California and Richmond, Virginia, are launching a trial to track ...
Black Friday alerts: Online scams abound, malls track you via cell CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ Veracode's Black Friday and Cyber Monday hacks and scams infographic highlights the online threats to shoppers. In addition to the usual online scams designed to defraud shoppers during ...
	Why Stalking Your Customers Via Their Mobile Phones is Not a Good Idea Forbes - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ CNN reports that this Friday at least two shopping centers, Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va., will track visitors' movements via their cell phone signals. The data they collect will be anonymous, ...
Mall tapping cellphones to monitor shoppers San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ A Los Angeles Times blog is reporting that some California malls are tracking movements of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers using their cellphones. The blog says there's more than one mall taking advantage of the technology. “The Temecula Promenade is one ...
Report: Malls Using Cell Phone Signals to Track Black Friday Activity PC Magazine - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ The iconic scene in the sci-fi film Minority Report, when Tom Cruise enters a shopping center only to be automatically identified and targeted for advertisements, may be closer to reality than you think. But the technology being used ...
	Got a cell phone? Someones following you at the mall Houston Chronicle (blog) - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ Two US malls are planning to use during the holiday shopping season a technology that lets them track the movement of customers via their cell phones. CNNMoney reports that Promenade Temecula in Temecula, Calif., and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, ...
Mall monitoring shoppers by tapping into their cellphones Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ A Temecula mall is using a new computer program that will track the movements of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers using their cellphones. The Temecula Promenade is one of two malls testing out the new technology, which mall operators said is designed to ...
Malls track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday CNN - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎ Through this signage at Promenade Temecula, the mall is notifying shoppers that their phones may be tracked as they move throughout the premises. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Attention holiday ...
	Malls to Track Shoppers via Phones this Black Friday; Beware of Online Scams DeviceMAG - 25 Nov, 2011 Guess what? There will people tracking you via your mobile phones starting this Black Friday. Do not worry; we are not talking of terror organizations �" they are just someone on the shopping circuit. And they include the malls. Going by a CNN report, ...
	Holiday customers will be tracked by their phones PhysOrg.com - 25 Nov, 2011 (PhysOrg.com) -- Black Friday shoppers in California and Virginia might learn their phones are being tracked as they move along the mall. That's the plan at the Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Virginia. ...
Shopping Centres Track Your Mad Dash For Deals Using Your Phone Gizmodo Australia - 25 Nov, 2011 Privacy advocates are raising concerns over a new technology being implemented by a couple of shopping centres that will allow them to track the movements of their guests using the unique ID numbers of their mobile phones. The system, called FootPath ...
	Malls plan to track shopper locations through cell phones on Black Friday Digitaltrends.com - 25 Nov, 2011 While Black Friday shoppers will be lining up at shopping malls after gorging themselves on turkey, a couple shopping malls in the United States plan to track locations and shopping patterns of customers this holiday season. Starting on Black Friday ...
	Malls track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday News Box - 25 Nov, 2011 CNN News relates that malls plan to track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday in order to get relevant information about their consumer behavior. Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Virginia are the two ...
	Malls go Big Brother with Black Friday cell phone tracking Geek.com - 25 Nov, 2011 With mobile phone privacy in the forefront of our minds, it was a bit disconcerting to hear that this holiday season (Black Friday through New Years) certain malls will be tracking shoppers' phones. Right now, just two US malls have said they will be ...
U.S. shopping malls to use your cell phone to track your every move Examiner.com - 25 Nov, 2011 November 23, 2011 Beginning on Black Friday and continuing through New Years Day, the Promenade Temecula mall in Southern California and Short Pump Town Center mall in Richmond, Virginia have announced plans to track visitors movements by monitoring ...
	Shopper Surveillance: The Mall is Tracking You Technorati - 25 Nov, 2011 During the upcoming holiday season, two US malls will track the unique identifiers of shoppers' cell phones, in order to track the movement of shoppers. The Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond Virginia will ...
Promenade Tracks Customers' Cell Phones Patch.com - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ The mall aims to study customer habits, and it will do this using cell signals for the first time. By Peter Surowski Children at play in the childrens area of the mall as their parents look on. The Promenade mall will track customers' movements this ...
	Malls to track shoppers on Black Friday using their cellphones and FootPath TECH.BLORGE.com - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ We're watching you. And you. Oh, and you. And don't think you're out of our line of vision as you stand leaning against that wall, either. Planning on doing a little casual shopping on Black Friday or over the holiday season? ...
Malls set to track shoppers' cell phones during holiday shopping season allvoices - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ By Iria0000 The iOS location tracking file furball, which occurred back in April, broughtlocation tracking by smartphone platforms to the forefront of people's minds --- at least, we hope so. That said, at least two malls have decided that Black Friday ...
	IE mall tracks cellphones as shoppers wander abc7.com - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ A new Black Friday shopping mall system is set to track shoppers as they move from store to store. (KABC Photo) TEMECULA, Calif. (KABC) -- "Black Friday" bargain hunters are gearing up for the best "doorbuster" deals. And some shopping malls will be ...
Malls Start Tracking Cell User Locations As The Cash Cow Location Data Rush ... Dslreports - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ We've previously noted that wireless companies are only just starting to truly cash in on tracking user cell phone activity, with user location data valuable to everyone from marketers to civil engineers (though mostly just marketers). ...
Malls To Track Customers Through Their Cellphones During Holiday Shopping Skim That - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ Starting on Black Friday and continuing through New Year's Day, 2 US malls will be tracking shoppers' movements through their cellphones. The Promenade Temecula in California and the Short Pump Town Center in ...
	Black ops Friday San Antonio Express (blog) - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ I'm all for free market capitalism, but retailers have to cut their dystopian tactics when it comes to marketing and customer retention. CNN is reporting that two malls will be tracking shoppers through their cell phone signals beginning this Black ...
	Malls to Track Shoppers' Phones on Black Friday Mobiledia - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ Two malls in California and Virginia will be tracking shoppers by cell phones, as merchants seek to understand changing consumer behavior through technology. Southern California's Promenade Temecula mall and ...
US Malls Tracking Shoppers' Cell Phones This Holiday Season Minyanville.com - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ While Apple, Google, RIM, and Microsoft weathered a maelstrom of bad press over location tracking this year, two US malls will be openly tracking shoppers through the holiday season. ...
Big Brother May Not Be Watching You, But Some Shopping Malls Know Where You ... ABA Journal - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ In an example of how cutting-edge technology apparently may be far ahead of lawmakers, PC Magazine is reporting that at least two US shopping malls, in California and Virginia, will be tracking customers through their cellphones this ...
	This Holiday Season, Your Mall May Be Tracking Your Behavior Popular Science - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ Starting on Black Friday, two malls, Promenade Temecula in Temecula, California, and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Virginia, will track customers' travels via their smartphones. ...
Smartphone Tracking Hits Two U.S. Malls this Black Friday LAPTOP Magazine (blog) - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ With all the current legal wrangling about smartphones monitoring users' locations, you might think companies would be extra weary of hitting a privacy-conscious nerve. But just in time for the holiday season, two US shopping malls are importing a new ...
	Promenade Temecula one of two US malls tracking shoppers' cell phone signals Southwest Riverside News Network - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ If you've been to the Promenade Temecula recently for some holiday shopping, then your cell phone has been tracked. The Temecula mall and Richmond, Va.,-based Short Pump Town Center �" both managed by ...
	Malls turn to cell phone tracking to keep tabs on Black Friday shoppers Tecca - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ For the crowds of bargain hunters on Black Friday, having a game plan on which stores to hit �" and in what order �" is a big plus. But the shoppers aren't the only ones mapping paths from ...