Now this shows a distinct lack of class - from IT World:
RadioShack puts customer's personal data up for sale in bankruptcy auction
For years, RadioShack made a habit of collecting customers’ contact information at checkout. Now, the bankrupt retailer is putting that data on the auction block.
A list of RadioShack assets for sale includes more than 65 million customer names and physical addresses, and 13 million email addresses. Bloomberg reports that the asset sale may include phone numbers and information on shopping habits as well.
I am very surprised that this is legal. It is not at the state level in Texas:
As Bloomberg points out, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has argued that selling the data would be illegal under state law. Texas doesn’t allow companies to sell personal information in a way that violates their own privacy policies, and signage in RadioShack stores claims that “We pride ourselves on not selling our private mailing list.” Paxton believes that a data sale would affect 117 million people.
I bet the two Deutschmann brothers are spinning in their graves. The brand was a success and Charles Tandy bought the brothers out in 1962 and proceeded to grow it even more. Charles died young in 1978 and the company never fully recovered. Now it is being picked over by banksters and corporatists.
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