31-08-2017 01:52 via theverge.com

Andy Rubin apologizes for Essential’s 'humiliating' customer data sharing error

After requiring customers who ordered the Essential phone to provide their driver’s license information over email to confirm shipping, CEO Andy Rubin today apologized in a blog post, calling the incident “humiliating” and that he is “personally responsible for this error.”
The Android creator said that approximately 70 customers were affected by the sloppy confirmation process, and Essential will offer one year of LifeLock protection to prevent potential identify t
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