Here’s an interesting proposition. Rogers is offering up a $5 off of one of your next two Rogers bills if you sign up for Rogers Alerts. The whole purpose of Rogers Alerts is to “send you great deals and information across a variety of categories,” However, the real reading is in the terms and conditions:
Welcome to the Rogers Alerts program, a location-based marketing service offered by Rogers Communications Partnership providing subscribers with customized text-based messages, including deals, offers and information from various pre-selected Participating Advertisers when the subscriber’s mobile device is near a specific geographic location within Canada (the “Service”). Subscribers opt-in to receive SMS and MMS messages from pre-selected Participating Advertisers (defined below) directly to a subscriber’s mobile device based on the personal preferences and personalized data you (“you” or “your”) communicate with us.
And:
Consent to Use of Your Location Information. The Service accesses and uses your current and historical personal location information associated with your mobile device (your “Location Information”) in order to provide the Service to you. By using the Service, you agree that Rogers may collect and use your Location Information for such purpose.
In short, it’s a location based service. It will use your location to send you offers via text depending on the categories that you sign up for.
So, here’s the question. Would you trade sharing your location data with Rogers to save $5? For me personally, if it were $5 a month, I might consider it. But at $5 off a single bill, I’ll pass and keep my location data to myself.
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Rogers Wants You To Give Up Your Location Data To Save $5
Here’s an interesting proposition. Rogers is offering up a $5 off of one of your next two Rogers bills if you sign up for Rogers Alerts. The whole purpose of Rogers Alerts is to “send you great deals and information across a variety of categories,” However, the real reading is in the terms and conditions:
Welcome to the Rogers Alerts program, a location-based marketing service offered by Rogers Communications Partnership providing subscribers with customized text-based messages, including deals, offers and information from various pre-selected Participating Advertisers when the subscriber’s mobile device is near a specific geographic location within Canada (the “Service”). Subscribers opt-in to receive SMS and MMS messages from pre-selected Participating Advertisers (defined below) directly to a subscriber’s mobile device based on the personal preferences and personalized data you (“you” or “your”) communicate with us.
And:
Consent to Use of Your Location Information. The Service accesses and uses your current and historical personal location information associated with your mobile device (your “Location Information”) in order to provide the Service to you. By using the Service, you agree that Rogers may collect and use your Location Information for such purpose.
In short, it’s a location based service. It will use your location to send you offers via text depending on the categories that you sign up for.
So, here’s the question. Would you trade sharing your location data with Rogers to save $5? For me personally, if it were $5 a month, I might consider it. But at $5 off a single bill, I’ll pass and keep my location data to myself.
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