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Redbox left PII on decommissioned machines

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294 points NotPractical | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 00:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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larodi ◴[16 Oct 24 06:22 UTC] No.41856126[source]▶
Are there any laws in any country governing how such equipment is supposed to be decommissioned in case if bankruptcy?

This does not seem to be an isolated case, it just happening more and more with advance of technology.

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nextlevelwizard ◴[16 Oct 24 06:54 UTC] No.41856290[source]▶
What are they going to do? Sue the bankrupted company?
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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[16 Oct 24 07:47 UTC] No.41856597[source]▶
When a company goes bankrupt, a curator comes in who oversees the decomissioning of the company and its assets; I don't know if a curator is a government agent or a private company (probably either), but they become responsible for the company and in this case the customer data.