Maybe charities shouldn’t be giving out our details to tele-marketers.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Cancer Council, Canteen and Fred Hollows Foundation have confirmed donor information has been published on the dark web.
"Under the Australian Privacy Principles, there is a requirement for personal information data to be destroyed or de-identified once it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was collected.
“We’re deeply upset that our supporters have been impacted by a data breach at Pareto Phone … we understand that this will cause major concern for kind-hearted people who donate.”
“We understand that this may be a concerning situation for anyone who has generously donated to Cancer Council, and we unreservedly apologise for any distress caused,” a statement read.
“We have not at this stage identified any identity documents such as tax file numbers, driver licenses and passports about any donor,” Mr Smedley said.
There is a risk more data could be published, since there had been four months between the attack and the leak, Paul Haskell-Dowland, a professor of Cybersecurity Practice at Edith Cowan University, said.
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cooopsspace@infosec.pub 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Charities sell your data to telemarketers, unless they take loose money you should avoid at all costs.
Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 1 year ago
The aggressive sales tactics of the charity representatives at those little pop-ups at the supermarket and plazas are a bit shady as well, IMO. I usually manage to avoid them but the few times I have been stopped, it's never a pleasant/easy experience to get away. They are trained to sell this way, and I understand they need the donations, but it never leaves me with a feeling of respect for the charity they represent.
I cant afford to make monthly donations but sometimes I would like the option to drop a cash donation in a tin, or to make a one-off merch purchase. Unfortunately neither of these things are ever an option these days, so instead we get the hard sell and are left with a bad taste in the mouth.