A software and IT e-tail site this month appears to have
breached the UK Data Protection Act by sending its customers an
e-mail which attached a spreadsheet containing the contact and
credit card details of other customers, according to news site
TheRegister.co.uk.
BuyB4Sold.com is an e-tail site launched and operated by
Onehighstreet Limited, a retail web venture which has been
operating for three years. Over 120 customers of an auction that
ran on the BuyB4Sold.com site are reported to have received the
e-mail and its apparently inadvertent attachment.
The attachment disclosed names, addresses, telephone numbers,
credit card numbers and card expiry dates, according to The
Register. The company has contacted those affected, recommending
that they cancel their credit cards.
