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Starbucks Moves From Coffee Purveyor to Surveillance Company →

April 19, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Blatant Stupidity, Information Security, PII

via Bob Sullivan, reporting for Geekwire, comes news of Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) efforts to collect personal data from WiFi users. In reality, you can be certain the company has been collecting personally identifiable data (PII) for years... Soon, your caffiene mantra will be - 'I'll have a Caramel Macchiato, Venti, Skim, Extra Shot, Extra-Hot, Extra-Whip, Sugar-Free, extra PII to go'...

April 19, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Blatant Stupidity, Information Security, PII
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