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Home Bargains

2025-06-16T14:30:30Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:98BE:81A0:A3AE:3538: Created page with mention of the Facewatch video surveillance incident as reported by the BBC

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = {{PAGENAME}}
| Type =Division
| Founded =1976
| Industry =Retail
| Official Website =https://home.bargains/
| Logo =QuestionMark.svg
|short_description=}}[[wikipedia:Home_Bargains|Home Bargains]] is a chain of discount stores in the UK.

==Consumer-impact summary==
The company undermines privacy of its customers by sharing video surveillance and face recognition data with a third party company.

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Woman wrongly accused of theft because of face recognition error (''2025-06'')===
Home Bargains uses surveillance and face recognition technology from a company called [[Facewatch]]. Due to an error, a woman was flagged as a shoplifter after her image was uploaded to the system, which led to her repeatedly being asked to leave stores of the chain without explanation. In one instance, employees surrounded her and demanded she leave.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly Foran, Rumeana Jahangir |date=2025-06-14 |title=Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=BBC}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

IKEA ÅSKVÄDER

2025-06-16T14:07:16Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:98BE:81A0:A3AE:3538: /* Consumer impact summary */ Made "Schuko" a link to the corresponding Wikipedia article since it may not be familiar to US audiences

{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Release Year = 2021(?)
| Product Type = Powerstrip
| In Production = Yes
| Official Website =
| Logo = Askvaeder-starter-kit-set-of-4-white.jpg
}}

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a modular powerstrip sold by {{Wplink|IKEA}}.<ref name":0"="">[https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/search/?q=%C3%85SKV%C3%84DER%20 https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/search/?q=%C3%85SKV%C3%84DER]</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==
ÅSKVÄDER uses a proprietary connector between modules and the "regular" wall outlet, but the cable with [[wikipedia:Schuko|Schuko]] to this proprietary connector has proven to be a major challenge to obtain. If IKEA decides to discontinue these cables all together, it means the consumer will likely have to throw out the entire system if said cable breaks for whatever reason.

This issue could have easily been prevented by using a more standard connector, such as the C13, which can readily be obtained from a variety of sources and is highly unlikely to be discontinued.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:IKEA]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

PayPal

2025-06-16T11:40:56Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:98BE:81A0:A3AE:3538: /* Alternatives */ Updated availability information on GNU Taler to reflect recent launch in Switzerland

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Company = PayPal Holdings, Inc.
| Name = PayPal
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1998
| Industry = Financial Technology
| Official Website = https://paypal.com/
| Logo = PayPal.png
}}[[wikipedia:PayPal|'''PayPal Holdings, Inc.''']] is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites and many other commercial users, for which it charges a fee.

==Products==

*[[PayPal Honey]]

==Controversies==

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Controversy
!Year
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Related Article
!Related Video(s)
|-
|PayPal will no longer refund transaction fees on refunds
|2019
|
|PayPal announced they would undo this policy change, and then a few months later re-implemented it.
|https://eseller365.com/paypal-will-no-longer-refund-transaction-fees-on-refunds/
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1WPDVjXDj0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nhZKqC1y1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6APNcFOuE1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQpfNsuTSGc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPXhzgC2ODs
|-
|PayPal charges a fee for inactivity. Not sure when this was implemented.
|2022
|If you don't log in or don't have transactions for a year you will be charged $20USD each year this is the case. Then when there are no more funds in the account they will close your account. If you have not logged in how can they assume you have seen the changed terms and tacitly agree to the changes and thus the fees.
|
|First report seem to be 3 yrs ago. <nowiki>https://www.quora.com/Why-does-PayPal-want-to-start-charging-Canadian-users-an-inactivity-fee</nowiki>
|}

==Privacy==
In 2018, the introduction of the GDPR in Europe forced PayPal to disclose a list of third party companies they share user data with. The sheer endless list includes over 600 different companies, from fraud prevention to analytics, tracking and advertising companies.<ref>https://www.paypal.com/ie/legalhub/paypal/third-parties-list</ref>

==Alternatives==
Unfortunately, no truly privacy friendly digital payment systems are in wide-spread use at the time of writing.

The [https://www.taler.net/ GNU Taler] project is a very promising recent option that allows for completely anonymous digital purchases while still relying on common currencies and preventing money laundering and tax fraud, all with minimal to no transaction fees. It is currently available in Switzerland with Germany scheduled to follow later in 2025.

Of the more universally available commercial payment methods, [https://apple.com/apple-pay Apple Pay] is among the most private, but requires the user to own an Apple device and to trust Apple Inc not to collect more data than they disclose.

==General References:==
<references />
[[Category:PayPal]]