In re: your recent purchase of 4 boxes of Ho-Hos…

They may be annoying, but are those supermarket club cards from Safeway, QFC and others a threat to personal privacy? Some state lawmakers think so, and they’ve introduced SB 5710 , which would require supermarkets to give out the cards without requiring a shopper’s name, address, phone number or social security number. There’s an 8 a.m. hearing on the bill Friday, Feb. 21.