AMAZON is paying customers who install a special app and allow it to monitor some of their internet activity.
The online retail giant runs a shopper panel that rewards people with money off in exchange for details about their purchases.
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The main part of it is submitting receipts from rival shops, which you can earn £5 / $10 each month if you upload 10.
You can also do surveys for extra credit.
But the US version of the app includes another more invasive function.
It allows Amazon to see the ads that appear on your phone.
Known as ad verification, Amazon says participants that opt into it allow the firm to “collect and use information about where and when you see ads from Amazon, for example the app or website where you viewed the ad and the time of day you viewed it”.
It’s done automatically and earns you $2 per month.
Amazon says such access will “help brands offer better products and make ads from Amazon more relevant”.
At the moment, the ad verification element is not available in the UK.
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But the panel is opt-in and invitation-only for a select number of customers.
there is a waiting list for those interest though.
Amazon does note that any receipts with sensitive information like prescription details will be deleted.
Participants also have the option to leave the program and delete all their data.
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