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Default OT - d-i-y legal advice wanted


"Mathew Newton" wrote in message
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On Jul 4, 10:53 pm, "Ron Lowe" ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS
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But do they have a right to demand personal data when selling something
for cash? It seems preposterous! I wouldn't want to give a company
personal information, which might be used for marketing. In fact,
that's
why I would often choose to pay by cash.


AFAIK, and IANAL(BMWI - Scotland )
( BMWI = But My Wife Is )

A retailer has the right to refuse to sell to anyone for no reason at
all.


Sex? Race? Disability?

(They're not offers by the way...!)


That's correct: it would be an offence to refuse based on those grounds.
But that's not what I said.

I said he could refuse without specifying any reason.

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Ron