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> has sold Homejoy's user data to Homeaglow Sold it with credit card numbers attached though? That sounds awfully.. illegal even for a liquidation.
by 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.