"McDonald's rejects charges of leak in customers' bank account data"
Fast-food major McDonald's on Saturday assuraed its customers that its
website and app does not store the bank account related data after an
independent blog claimed that the company is leaking personal data of
more than 2.2 million users.
"We would like to inform our users that our website and app does not
store any sensitive financial data of the users like credit card
details, wallets passwords or bank account information," an official
spokesperson of McDonald's India (West & South) said in a statement.
The quick service restaurant's statement came after a post on
independent blogpost hackernoon claimed that McDonald's India is leaking
data of 2.2 million users.
"The McDonald's India app, McDelivery is leaking personal data for more
than 2.2 million of its users which includes name, email address, phone
number, home address, accurate home co-ordinates and social profile
links," the blogpost had claimed on Friday.
Rejecting the claims, Hardcastle Restaurants, the franchisee of
McDonald's for West and South India operations, said that its website
and app has always been safe to use. "The website and app has always
been safe to use, and we update security measure on regular basis," the statement said.
However, it also suggested its users to update McDelivery app on their devices.
"As a precautionary measure, we would also urge our users to update the McDelivery app on their devices," it added
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