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		icu on July 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The personal info of what could be Instacart custo... Exactly, honest mistakes can, and do, happen. The cause should be investigated and if minor, logged on a register; if serious, it must be reported to the regulator.

richrichardsson on July 23, 2020 [–]

The initial email was pretty bad, I immediately deleted it and contacted them, but it included:

- Full name

- Date of Birth

- Some kind of National ID number

- Bank account details

- Address

If I was of a lesser moral character I'm sure I could have been very naughty with that information.

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