No Digital Footprint- Personal Data & Privacy Protection
There is virtually no traceable data trail shopping through MID-SERV because we are shopping for you and you are using our fillable forms. Our model is fundamentally different from mass-market third party apps, allowing for a more controlled and secure data environment. There is no tracking of online browsing habits, no tracking of online purchase history, no data collected by outside websites, apps, third party services or data brokers representing a state of nearly total online shopping anonymity and privacy.
“Exclusive Concierge Grocery & Retail Experience"
Discreet. Private. Precision-Managed.
No Digital Footprint - We use VPN, "Virtual Private Network" for added security to go with Cloudflare and cyber insurance. This creates a secure, encrypted, "tunnel" for our internet traffic.
*All items below can lead to identity theft and financial fraud which includes new credit lines and fraudulent tax returns.
No Data Tracking
You are not shopping online. We are shopping for you in store so there are no clicks on products that track your shopping decisions and spending habits.
You will choose your items from the merchant website or app of your choice without logging into your account or creating a new account. As you locate each item you will add them to the fillable form we provide.
This eliminates retailers, third party services and data brokers ability to record your online shopping habits and purchase history to influence your future shopping decisions.
They cannot psychologically influence you if they cannot track your online movements. Their ability to provoke your emotions to shop and spend more or create a detailed digital profile on you is obstructed.
No In Store Biometric Data Tracking (allows retailers to determine, track, and profile shopper behavior in real-time)
We shop in store for you so you don’t have to visit any stores. This way retailers cannot their cameras to collect, retain, convert, sell, share or store your biometric identifier information.
This information includes facial recognition (determines age, sex, ethnicity to distribute targeted, personalized offers or ads at specific locations in the store), eye scan, and voiceprints (used to analyze customer interactions).
There are little beacons that track your cell phone and location to monitor how long you linger in specific aisles and your path through the store to understand your buying habits.
Biometric identifier information allows for personalized profile marketing to optimized product displays, placement, and pricing.
No Secret AI “Surveillance Price Increases”
You are not shopping online, we are shopping in store for you.
This prevents retailers, third party services and data brokers from secretly charging you more or show you higher priced items based on your browsing and shopping history.
More specifically your data (browsing, location, device, and online behavior) creates a financial profile of you and allows algorithms to set individualized price increases for the same products.
The aim is to find your "reservation price"--- the maximum you will pay - rather than adjusting for general supply/demand, making prices different for everyone buying the same products without their knowledge.
Higher prices are pushed on users deemed more likely to pay them. Your shopping habits and decisions are used against you to charge you more.
Link to videos on how retailers are using AI to charge customers more without their knowledge.
No Hidden Fees
Because we are shopping for you in store there are no hidden fees. Retailers do not disclose certain fees until checkout because they know you have spent too much time, emotion, and energy on creating your order to back out of the order.
No Data Share or Resale
We do not sell, share, or disclose, your personal information to retailers, third party services or data brokers. Although we do not sell your personal information, we do have a link at the bottom of our website where you can request that we do not sell your personal information. Your personal information which includes your name, address, email and contact number is used solely for us to provide our service for you and deliver your items and products to you.
No Product Markups
We shop in store for you so you can get the store price and not the commission marked up price from retailers and third party services that share the extra profits. Third party services charge retailers a commission fee to allow the retailers to sell their products on the third party service website or app. Some retailers pass this fee onto their customers. There is a 10-25% markup per retailer. There have been antitrust lawsuits on Big Box delivery services that are known to partner with nationally known retailers to fix prices at higher levels.
Retailer Rewards & Loyalty Programs
On the surface, these programs appear to benefit customers by saving money and fostering brand loyalty.
But behind the scenes, loyalty programs are one of the most powerful tools for data tracking and consumer profiling. They are designed to capture as much consumer data as possible.
The data collected is often far more valuable to retailers, third party services and data brokers than the rewards given to consumers. (sold to them for $millions of dollars)
Personal information, shopping habits, and even geolocation data can be tracked, analyzed, and sold to third party services and data brokers for marketing, analytics, and even surveillance.
They create detailed profiles that reveal intimate details about your health, lifestyle, and finances. Loyalty accounts are prime targets for hackers.
Link to video on how retailer's use the loyalty programs to sell customer information.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkjkhfmK/
Third party services also secretly charge consumers for their subscriptions without consumer consent, fail to deliver promised savings and make it very difficult for users to cancel these subscriptions.
No One Will Ever Know It's You Shopping
We shop in store for you from your custom shopping list which doesn't allow retailers, third party services or data brokers to ever know you are shopping. We provide a fillable form.
Personal Shoppers
Our personal shoppers are independent contractors and must undergo and pass a detailed criminal background check and driving history check conducted by a certified third-party company.