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From what I gather from the other comments, it looks like most likely Homejoy's liquidator (Nortonsgroup) has sold Homejoy's user data to Homeaglow. Homeaglow
by throwaway13337 11y ago
From what I gather from the other comments, it looks like most likely Homejoy's liquidator (Nortonsgroup) has sold Homejoy's user data to Homeaglow.
Homeaglow copied and rebranded their own tech as Fly Maids to service this user list.
- sajclarke2 11y agoThis sounds horrible but is probably likely
- nacs 11y ago> has sold Homejoy's user data to Homeaglow Sold it with credit card numbers attached though? That sounds awfully.. illegal even for a liquidation.
- yeukhon 11y agoSee http://www.pcworld.com/article/2901028/radioshack-puts-customers-personal-data-up-for-sale-in-bankruptcy-auction.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2901028/radioshack-puts-custo... Interestingly it has been legal in one case.
- nacs 11y agoNot really, FTC didn't like it: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/19/news/companies/radioshack-customer-data/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/19/news/companies/radioshack-cu...
- dguaraglia 11y agoThey probably just exported a database of credit card tokens into a PCI-compliant system (Stripe, Braintree or the like.) The motives and method are equally shitty, but at least get some solace in assuming that your credit card number is just not out in the open. Now... how secure this transfer of tokens was, no idea. So there could be a DB dump somewhere with a token to my credit card, and anyone can use it to start charging from it. I'll keep an eye on my bills.
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- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoFrom other comments it looks like Homeaglow IS Homejoy. No sale here.