TR: Fine for famous kebab chain that allowed theft of 500 thousand customers’ data
Turkey's data protection authority fined restaurant chain Baydöner after a breach exposed the personal data of over 500,000 customers, including names, phone numbers, email addresses, and location information. The investigation found the company had no system in place to detect unusual activity before the theft occurred.
Why this matters: Half a million people handed over their contact details to order food. That is a reasonable thing to do. What is not reasonable is a company holding that data with no alert system to notice when someone starts stealing it. This is a basic failure, not a sophisticated one. The fine is the right outcome. The bigger point is that any business collecting customer data at scale has a real obligation to watch over it, not just collect it and hope for the best.
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