A privacy breach incident reported by the Associated Press shows that even with the best security and privacy technology, humans are the weakest, and most unpredictable, link. Some choose to break legally binding promises, such as those made in website privacy policies. Gratis Internet sold personal information they gathered at their website even though they promised in their privacy policy that they would not. "Gratis wrongfully shared as many as 7 million "user records," creating the largest deliberate breach of a privacy policy discovered by U.S. law enforcement."
Interestingly enough, there is currently no privacy policy posted on the Gratis website.
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