[LINK] Can Woolies keep price list URL a secret?

David Lochrin dlochrin at d2.net.au
Fri Feb 19 16:26:02 AEDT 2010


On Friday 19 February 2010 12:55, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 12:41 +1100, Stewart Carter wrote:
>> "The site's URL may not be displayed on any website without 
>> Woolworths' written permission."
>> 
>> What could Woolies do to me if I refuse to keep their URL secret?
> 
> This is an interesting question, but I suspect it is unenforceable.
> 
> Another question is "why do they want to restrict use of the URL?"

Maybe it's just a come-on!  Pretend it's a secret and everyone will flock to the site....

I see they collect postcode information from each viewer, which would probably be useful.

David



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