I'd have thought a normal logical move - along with the ability to carry a digital membership card so you can just scan your phone for entry. Simple and easy, never need to worry about forgetting your card."at our larger nature reserves"
be interesting to see which reserves make the cut - it’s not clear to me why this is necessary but presumably ‘senior management' deem it to be valuable
I just have a pic on my phone of my RSPB cards and its never been an issue. They just look at my phone and let me through. Not sure why they have to change it.I'd have thought a normal logical move - along with the ability to carry a digital membership card so you can just scan your phone for entry. Simple and easy, never need to worry about forgetting your card.
Automated car park? Scanned entry, saves manpower?I just have a pic on my phone of my RSPB cards and its never been an issue. They just look at my phone and let me through. Not sure why they have to change it.
automated car park- so you would have to pay or present your card before entering the car park- seems more of a hassle then anything.Automated car park? Scanned entry, saves manpower?
Idea is you just scan where otherwise you'd need to pay. No hassle, you don't even need to get out of the car.automated car park- so you would have to pay or present your card before entering the car park- seems more of a hassle then anything.
Just spotted this. Good spot Ratal, Nasty ! Clearly the smell of money has overpowered the RSPB's concerns about reputational damage. I stopped my membership several years ago so it won't affect me, and they wont care what I think, but I certainly now hold them in a lower regard than I did before reading this post.Check the small print for little snippets of them selling their user data to other 'providers'. Opted out. Way out.
Well, maybe it does. I go to some lengths to prevent companies getting geographic data enabling them to know my movements at the time or afterwards for whatever reason. When the RSPB says data "such as" email, address etc it doesn't rule out "dates and times of use of RSPB facilities" so I agree with Ratal and I don't like it. I shall be checking up on what my RSPB data currently say and ensuring opt outs are ticked so they can't pass on such details. If it turns out I can't cover that issue to my satisfaction then I shall leave the RSPB and they can drop another member from their numbers.None of that has anything to do with scannable cards!
They don't need to track your movements using geographic data, they can just read your regular updates on Birdforum, up to the Shetlands et alWell, maybe it does. I go to some lengths to prevent companies getting geographic data enabling them to know my movements at the time or afterwards for whatever reason. When the RSPB says data "such as" email, address etc it doesn't rule out "dates and times of use of RSPB facilities" so I agree with Ratal and I don't like it. I shall be checking up on what my RSPB data currently say and ensuring opt outs are ticked so they can't pass on such details. If it turns out I can't cover that issue to my satisfaction then I shall leave the RSPB and they can drop another member from their numbers.
John
You, I, all of us and birds benefit from the pennies you give to the RSPB, is it really worth withholding that money to prevent a possible miniscule addition to profits of a social media company?so, no. No I will not provide a penny to an organisation that will freely tip my details to social media giants who will then double down on using that data for THEIR PROFITS.
To the extent that I set them out, which is generally less than complete. I hope I'm not in line for a tinfoil hat but when I try to help a charity with an annual membership fee I don't expect it to respond by passing any of my data - and my movements are my data - to anybody else, whether for money or not. If it is for money, they need to make a judgement on whether losing the support of real people who care about birds is worth a bit of extra dosh from selling out those supporters. It doesn't matter whether its legal or not. I'm quite clear about it: the only weapon I have in this argument is my subscription and if they won't guarantee not to sell my data for any purpose at all then they can do without the subscription - which will then lose them the other money as well.They don't need to track your movements using geographic data, they can just read your regular updates on Birdforum, up to the Shetlands et al
If they’re following the National Trust example, it only stops you passing your card "through the fence" for your mate to gain free entry. It also prevents you and a mate using it on the same day at different reserves (i.e. using a good copy or fraudulent duplicate)How will this prevent fraudulent use? If you want to lend your card to someone who's having a day out, how does this prevent that?