Category: customer information

Home Depot Gave Personal Data to Meta Without Valid Customer Consent: Watchdog

The federal privacy watchdog says Home Depot shared details from electronic receipts with Meta, which operates the Facebook social media platform, without the knowledge or consent of customers. In a report today, privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the data included encoded email addresses and in-store purchase information. The commissioner’s investigation found that the information sent…


Toyota Says About 296,000 Pieces of Customer Info Possibly Leaked

TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it had found that about 296,000 pieces of customer information from its T-Connect service might have been leaked. Toyota said 296,019 email addresses and customer numbers of those using T-Connect, a telematics service that connects vehicles via a network, were potentially leaked. The affected customers are individuals who signed…