New Home Depot Data Leak Exposes Gap in Consumer Privacy Protection

[McFurd]

Consumer Reports - 4/27/2017 - Meg Marco -Some customer records not covered by law may invite scams. How to protect yourself. Recently reporters from Consumerist, the consumer news site that is part of Consumer Reports, got an anonymous tip pointing to an internet address that hosted digital images of bathtubs, garage doors, kitchen countertops, contractors at work on various projects, and customers picking out and paying for products in a home-center store. The site also hosted 13 Microsoft Excel spreadsheets of customer records, including the full names, phone numbers, mailing addresses, and email addresses of approximately 8,000 people, as well as other information chronicling the apparent installation complaints of each customer. Read more @ http://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/ ... rotection/