Radio Shack has asked a bankruptcy court to authorize a second round of auctions of its assets, including valuable customer data.
According to a report from PC World, the personally identifiable information of a possible 117 million customers could be up for sale to the highest bidder. That number was later reduced to a possible 67 million.
Texas is leading the charge of states attempting to block the sale of the sensitive data. Texas opposes the sale on the grounds of the online and in-store privacy policies of the formerly relevant chain.
According to the report, Texas has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to require RadioShack to provide information on the type of personal data that is up for sale and just how many customers would be affected.
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According to a report from PC World, the personally identifiable information of a possible 117 million customers could be up for sale to the highest bidder. That number was later reduced to a possible 67 million.
Texas is leading the charge of states attempting to block the sale of the sensitive data. Texas opposes the sale on the grounds of the online and in-store privacy policies of the formerly relevant chain.
According to the report, Texas has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to require RadioShack to provide information on the type of personal data that is up for sale and just how many customers would be affected.
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