Posted by: hillingdonfirst on: June 17, 2009
With the cards coming in the post this week, its a good time to discuss the discount scheme for shoppers (a way of softening up the residents). The scheme is voluntary and isn’t actually just a discount, but any additional benefit (for example, giving something away), it just sounds better when they call things a [...]
Posted by: hillingdonfirst on: June 12, 2009
Hillingdon are doing a bit of fire fighting. They have made it so that drivers under 18 can now apply for the card (one of our big annoyances) which wasn’t in any of the information issued before this blog started, or in any of the FOI requests (even Cllr. Mills says Over 18 – see [...]
Posted by: hillingdonfirst on: June 10, 2009
The Uxbridge Gazette has run a story about the HillingdonFirst card scheme. It is not very detailed despite this being a very intrusive and undemocratic scheme. In the piece, Cllr. Mills says that our data can be stored up to 6 years, but won’t be kept any longer than necessary. This is interesting as the [...]
Posted by: hillingdonfirst on: June 9, 2009
Someone has done an amusing (?) photoshop of the HillingdonFirst card over at b3ta.com (Thanks Matt for link). Whilst it is funny, it highlights the sheer amount of information Hillingdon will have on us all. The T&Cs just released mention that Hillingdon will use this information internally for; “administering the Hillingdon Card scheme” “will use such [...]
Posted by: hillingdonfirst on: June 9, 2009
Hillingdon have finally put up the Terms and Conditions of the HillingdonFirst scheme. We, as we have with the FAQ, will track the changes that happen (like when the Official FAQ silently changed from discounted parking to preferential parking). There are some interesting points: However, a later issue may include young people aged 11- 17. [...]
