Luxury fashion giant Louis Vuitton faces scrutiny in Hong Kong after a major data breach exposed sensitive details of nearly half a million customers.
What You Need to Know:
- Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog is investigating a Louis Vuitton’s data leak.
- The breach affected about 419,000 customers in Hong Kong.
- Data exposed: names, passport numbers, addresses, emails, phone numbers, shopping history, and product preferences.
- Louis Vuitton’s French HQ detected suspicious activity on June 13.
- On July 2, it confirmed the breach involved Hong Kong customers.
- Louis Vuitton’s reported the breach on July 17 to the Hong Kong privacy office.
- Probe includes checking for delayed breach notification.
- The incident follows a similar breach in South Korea in June.
- Louis Vuitton claims no financial data was compromised.
The brand has not yet issued an official comment.
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