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RadioShack to auction off customer data, violating own privacy policy
NakedSecurity ^ | 26 March, 2015 | Lee Munson

Posted on 03/27/2015 9:44:35 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan

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1 posted on 03/27/2015 9:44:35 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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Bad News: RS is selling your personal data

Good News 1: Nobody shopped there

Good News 2: Data was stored on a TRS-80

2 posted on 03/27/2015 9:45:59 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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They migrated it to a Commodore 64 at the last moment.


3 posted on 03/27/2015 9:47:44 AM PDT by Borges
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I always told them my name was Elmer Fudd


4 posted on 03/27/2015 9:48:25 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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I always gave them made up info. The last time my name was Dale Dump. I also go round & round with places I get hair cuts. They want a lot of info that is no way relevant to me getting a hair cut.


5 posted on 03/27/2015 9:51:50 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Fifteen two,fifteen four and a pair is six.)
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Wow, who would have foreseen this happening...but seriously, I’m pretty certain that this will be stopped quickly by the courts. Bankruptcy does not release them from _all_ of their former agreements. To do otherwise would set an unacceptable precedent in the future, and there’s a heck of a lot more (and personal) data now.


6 posted on 03/27/2015 9:52:17 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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Looks as if it’s time for a class action suit to stop this illegal disclosure of personal information.

That information belongs to the individual, not Radio Shack. Radio Shack only has permission to use it in narrowly defined circumstances.

AT&T has it correct. Destroy the data.


7 posted on 03/27/2015 9:58:21 AM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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I woner if I ever gave them my phone number. They always seem to ask for it.


8 posted on 03/27/2015 9:59:04 AM PDT by Fido969
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Sears is another troubled retailer which asks for a lot of customer data.

Caveat Emptor!


9 posted on 03/27/2015 10:01:07 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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The last time i got my hair cut they asked me if i had guns in the house


10 posted on 03/27/2015 10:09:13 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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I always told them my name was Elmer Fudd

For me it was T.E. Sticle

11 posted on 03/27/2015 10:09:40 AM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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Rusty Shackleford


12 posted on 03/27/2015 10:10:32 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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You sure that wasn’t your surgeon? They cut in different places.


13 posted on 03/27/2015 10:15:02 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: 4yearlurker

Funny you say that, a freeper once said he gives the phone number of the local landfill to places like this!


14 posted on 03/27/2015 10:27:22 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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ah...supercomputer, Borges! Remember the BBS days....(sigh)


15 posted on 03/27/2015 10:28:08 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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How much did they get for their self-respect?


16 posted on 03/27/2015 10:29:53 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: bgill

He was great opened for DEVO at the Great Western Forum


17 posted on 03/27/2015 10:33:54 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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Passive/Aggressive

You didnt keep us open.

Here's what you get.

nah nah nah nah nah nah

18 posted on 03/27/2015 10:44:26 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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They'll get my phone number from 1979.

When they call I hope they ask how the BeeGees are doing...

19 posted on 03/27/2015 10:45:46 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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I was waiting in line at a store and it was amazing that people just give their phone numbers like it’s nothing. I refuse to give my number and usually the poor cashier doesn’t know what to do. If their system is set up so that they MUST enter a phone number I leave. If I REALLY need the items then my number is always 559-555-1212. Go ahead. Call. If Radio Shack is selling customer info then I welcome their demise. I get some stuff their once in a while but absolutely HATE going in to that store. There is some weird creeper that you would expect to see on the post office wall.


20 posted on 03/27/2015 12:40:46 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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