[clug] OT Customer data are corporate assets
Bryan Kilgallin
bryan at netspeed.com.au
Thu Mar 26 07:14:42 MDT 2015
{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
<http://www.hilcostreambank.com/assets/radioshack-assets-for-sale>
includes more than 65 million customer names and physical addresses, and
13 million email addresses. Bloomberg reports
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-24/standard-general-said-to-prevail-in-bid-for-radioshack-assets>
that the asset sale may include phone numbers and information on
shopping habits as well.
The auction is already over, with Standard General—a hedge fund and
RadioShack’s largest shareholder—reportedly emerging as the victor.}
http://www.itworld.com/article/2901029/radioshack-puts-customers-personal-data-up-for-sale-in-bankruptcy-auction.html
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