Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Andy Rubin apologizes for Essential’s “humiliating” customer data sharing error

After requiring customers who ordered the Essential phone to provide their driver’s license information over email to verify their shipping address, CEO Andy Rubin today apologized for the incident in a blog post, calling it “humiliating” and that he is “personally responsible for this error.”

The Android creator said that approximately 70 customers were affected by the sloppy confirmation process, and Essential will offer one year of LifeLock protection to prevent potential identify theft. The team has also disabled the “misconfigured” account to prevent people from accidentally sharing their personal information with other Essential customers, and Rubin promises to invest in infrastructure and customer care.

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/30/16230322/essential-apology-customer-data-drivers-license-phishing-error

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/08/andy-rubin-apologizes-for-essentials.html

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