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"The name, contact number, email and shipping address within certain orders may have been exposed." I really hate that most companies force me to give a phone number when I buy something. Why do they need it? Why forcing? I usually end up giving a fake one.
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"We are deeply sorry about this" => we don't care much and we will try to hire not the cheapest dev around
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Phone numbers are not required for credit card processing. Address, yes. Phone, no.
Address is also not a requirement.
1. Use pseudo name (nickname) for shipping, instead of full name
2. Use company address instead of home one whenever possible
Just think about how many people have to access your shipping data just to deliver an order to you, the online shop, the shipping company, the warehouse, the delivery guy.
It kind of hard to imagine all of them would have perfect bank-level security.
Lessons: 1. Use pseudo name (nickname) for shipping, instead of full name 2. Use company address instead of home one whenever possible Just think about how many people have to access your shipping data just to deliver an order to you, the online shop, the shipping company, the warehouse, the delivery guy. It kind of hard to imagine all of them would have perfect bank-level security.
Many publicly accessible government records have address information.
Lessons: 1. Use pseudo name (nickname) for shipping, instead of full name 2. Use company address instead of home one whenever possible Just think about how many people have to access your shipping data just to deliver an order to you, the online shop, the shipping company, the warehouse, the delivery guy. It kind of hard to imagine all of them would have perfect bank-level security.
Lessons: 1. Use pseudo name (nickname) for shipping, instead of full name 2. Use company address instead of home one whenever possible Just think about how many people have to access your shipping data just to deliver an order to you, the online shop, the shipping company, the warehouse, the delivery guy. It kind of hard to imagine all of them would have perfect bank-level security.
I get that data breaches are their own class of problem, but I do find it ironic that people gave their contact/sales info to a company headquartered in Shenzen and have any expectation of data protection/privacy.
Because American companies definitely don’t sell your data.