If only our government was brave enough to make an example of them....but no, there will probably be a settlement that results in every victim getting 92 cents, and no further repercussions for either cooperation.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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shockedpicachu.jpg company did something illegal.
Or a hacktivist to give them a taste of that medicine.
Issue here is the chains get tighter every time people try to "fight back". Maybe parallel societies are the right path.
Exactly!
Can we get a link for something to the article?
Found an article.
Having read it, this smells more like a legal firm that makes money from suing a shit ton of companies and occasionally being right ratherthan any real evidence of the patient data disclosure.
Didn't Costco's pharmacy get in trouble for this exact thing a couple months ago? I have a feeling we're going to see a story about this for all the major pharmacy chains.
What's funny about that, is although I try to never shop at crap Kroger, sometimes its just easier, I noticed once when I wanted to check something for being in stock, I couldn't view their website with my VPN up, didn't matter the server. I said, they're dataming something! Why would a read only website like that even care.... I now know why.