All your data are belong to us.

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/03...mers-personal-information-in-bankruptcy-sale/

Nice, Radio Shack.

If the thread title is confusing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us

 

[Debi]

What??? Can they just go ahead and DO that???

 

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What??? Can they just go ahead and DO that???

Apparently so.
http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/radioshack-customer-data-sale-common/297777/

 

[Debi]

OK...that just ticks me off. Really. I gave them my business....not my info to sell!

 

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You can't go into a store anymore without being asked for your information. I have a Yahoo email account that I use for nothing else but giving to merchants. I do check it every couple of weeks just to see if there's anything important I need to see, but normally it's just sales pitches.