Doctor Fegg
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It's well established in the Disputes & Prosecutions board that ticket retailers such as Trainline will routinely disclose a customer's purchase history when requested by the "rail industry" (TOCs, companies like TIL, etc. etc.).
I'm sure I'm not alone in being uneasy about this. I don't particularly like Google and Facebook tracking everything I do around the web. By the same token, I don't really want anyone to have access to a list of where I've been, when. The issue is more one of data retention than disclosure - whether or not the retailer has good intentions, you're only ever one misconfigured server away from a data breach, and then the data is there for everyone to see.
Are there any mobile ticket retailers, ideally with an easy-to-use app, that commit to not retaining this information?
I'm sure I'm not alone in being uneasy about this. I don't particularly like Google and Facebook tracking everything I do around the web. By the same token, I don't really want anyone to have access to a list of where I've been, when. The issue is more one of data retention than disclosure - whether or not the retailer has good intentions, you're only ever one misconfigured server away from a data breach, and then the data is there for everyone to see.
Are there any mobile ticket retailers, ideally with an easy-to-use app, that commit to not retaining this information?