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Story: eBay acts over privacy fears

Posted by: Marilee Veniegas (Wednesday 27 September 2006, 6:35 PM)

This is great that eBay UK is responding to privacy concerns by it's users. I had a friend who got phished via an eBay scam. The phisher created a purchase response she thought was legitimate, but she didn't realize until the end of the data gathering process it was fraudulent.

Scams like this are getting savvier each day. As long as there's money to be made from phishing and online scams people need to be aware and companies they use like eBay to stay ever vigilant.

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