So Who Gives A Crap (who I havenât ordered from in many years, I remember my kids were very little) have just informed me that theyâve had a data breach of full name, phone number, email address, billing/home address and the amount spent in total for the account. Why are these companies keeping details for so long? This is almost as bad as the periodontal clinic that had the same issue a few months back, leaked my details when I hadnât been a customer of theirs for over 13 years. There has to be a time by which the details of dormant accounts or old accounts are deleted. They shouldnât be allowed to just keep your details forever when you arenât engaging their services. I feel like they arenât being careful enough.
SituationCake@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
Agree they should delete data after a set time. But itâs just too tempting for companies to keep you on the books, so they can market to you. Also, even if there was a law, I donât know how it could be enforced unless there was mass auditing, and thatâs never gonna happen. I think regular data breaches are just the new normal. Sigh.