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Suolucidir t1_j64ceca wrote

Home Depot has a pretty bigtime corporate loyalty program too - where "pros" can track all of their purchases by job name/number.

I am interested in whether any of this proprietary business information was also handed over to Meta without consent and whether there are going to be any juicy lawsuits between construction firms and Meta/HD over IP exposure, corporate espionage, and data security risk.

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andrbrow t1_j65dg1o wrote

As a contractor with a HD card, let’s hope they get in serious trouble for this.

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Uncle_Burney t1_j6672op wrote

Of course they wont, and the rightfully aggrieved will have little to no recourse.

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GeniusDodo t1_j678crm wrote

They’re going to fine the company some small sum of money and you’ll get your “claim” of some measly small amount that won’t even add up to the irreversible damage that they occurred. “Apologies” will be made, their name will be stained for a few years, they’ll rebrand, and a few decades later everyone forgets. Companies have no incentive to stop selling peoples data other than bad PR for a while and the loss of a little less money than what they made from the data. Is there really anyway of remedying this?

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uzlonewolf t1_j67g92q wrote

> a few decades later everyone forgets

*quarters. Consumers have the memory of a goldfish.

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j67h9so wrote

Hey now, I was part of a massive lawsuit with Google that I didn't even know about and I'll have you know I got paid an entire dollar and some change. You should see the investments I've made since then, almost got a free coffee off it.

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AnxiousArtichoke7981 t1_j69fi1d wrote

When will the consequences of a crime against hardworking people ever be worse than the benefits gained? That should be the standard of punishment for all corporations , directors and decision makers.

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wdomon t1_j68y0du wrote

They’ll get a $14 check in 2 years though maybe!

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tiedyepieguy t1_j68qhci wrote

The only way you can show them that this upsets you is to stop spending money there.

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j67h5ku wrote

It's happening via most businesses. What do they have to lose? What's a little fine compared to all that profit and data? When's the last time you've seen a business strung up for illegally sharing/selling customer data?

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