#firstmanufacturing — Public Fediverse posts

Remember #FirstManufacturing either selling my email address or letting it be stolen and refusing to admit to either?
The evidence that this happened just got more concrete: yesterday, I received spam to that address from another merchant, _and it mentions First Manufacturing in the header_.
I've emailed the company again and await their response. I also posted a 1-⭐️ review on Google Maps.
Details here if you're curious: https://blog.kamens.us/2026/07/18/first-manufacturing-co-selling-customer-email-addresses-in-violation-of-its-own-privacy-policy/#update0822
#infosec #privacy #spam #breach

#FirstManufacturing now says they are investigating how the unique email address I gave only to them ended up in the hands of another merchant, #LeatherNewYork. They also continue to deny any information was leaked, which is clearly false, and I wrote back and told them so. Additional details here if you're curious:
https://blog.kamens.us/2026/07/18/first-manufacturing-co-selling-customer-email-addresses-in-violation-of-its-own-privacy-policy/#update0804
#infosec #privacy #spam #breach