Corporations (and governments) or rather people in corporations and governments truly do not care about the safety of ‘your’ data, period.
The only negligible care factor involved is when a data breach occurs how much it’s going to cost the organisation.
UNTIL governments enact harsh fines and implications against individuals, NOTHING will change.
The Court Services Victoria 'hack' was as a result of the government's pathetic I.T. policies in conjunction with low quality meaning cheap labour.
And who paid the ultimate price for the incompetence, the people did, with 'their' data being exposed, and not those in government.
Was the so called Sheriff of Victoria, Ms. Julie Brown's personal data exposed?
Of course not.
There is no lawful appointment for her in office, as the Sheriff, but that is another topic altogether.
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Corporations sell all sorts of ‘junk’ electronics imported from China in order to make high profit, with zero or no consideration for the ‘connected’ aspect of those electronics meaning the safety of the user’s/consumer’s data.
Google one of the world’s largest breacher of copyright just recently mandated that developers on its platform write a thorough assessment of where the user’s data goes, without employing the same for Google’s users or rather ‘products’.
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THE 'Privacy Policy' that exposes Google's corrupt business dealings
Bunnings have listed a quite expensive smart door lock, the 'Philips' EasyKey Bluetooth Mortice Handle Lock for just under $600.
Whether it's a true Philips product endorsed and/or supported by the global giant is another story, but when it comes to the product information from Bunnings, it seems that technical support is via SMS/WhatsApp alongside placing a call, online video, product URL and PDF download sounding like a great Chinese-English spiel.
What's most concerning though is the lock's companion app.
Granted that 'outsourcing' is the name of the game in today's world, but in this case the app does not seem to come from any official Philips source like, the Philips Hue products do, that being Signify Netherlands BV. but rather Shenzhen Conex Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd.
Will Bunnings guarantee the safety of your data?
Will 'Shenzhen Conex Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd' disclose to you where your data goes?
Is Shenzhen Conex Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd immune from prosecution outside of China?
China's industries, e.g. IT or automotive are huge copyright and intellectual property violators where the world's legal profession has stood silent on this huge multi-billion dollar rip-off, yet Hollywood will go after a 'pirate' that copied a DVD.
As always: "buyer beware"!