Rental business Aaron's admits role in spying on customers

As if we really needed them to confirm this. They all do this, which is why I build my own PC and use Open Source software.


The agency on Tuesday said the company — one of the nation’s biggest rental businesses with 1,880 locations in 48 states — admitted that it “knowingly played a direct and vital role in its franchisees’ installation and use of software” to secretly collect data from customers. The company also stored the captured data on its servers and shared collected information with franchisees.



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