Sex Lube Maker's 250K Customer List Slides Onto Net - Updated With Astroglide Comment

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/04/sex_lube_makers/

Sex Lube Maker's 250K Customer List Slides Onto Net - Updated With 
Astroglide Comment

By Ryan Singel
April 24, 2007

More than 250,000 people's names and addresses are now naked on the web 
after the maker of a popular sexual lubricant called Astroglide 
accidentally exposed lists of people who bought or requested free samples 
of its products, proving that there's no such thing as a free lubricant. 
BioFilm, a privately-held California company specializing in sexual 
lubricants, exposed customer data files dating from 2003 to 2007 to 
Google's search engine in early April.  Google then indexed the pages and 
made local cache copies.  A search on an individual's name now reveals 
that person's home address and the product they requested or ordered.

AstroGlide, a once niche product that is now stocked by major drugstore 
chains and Walmart, took down its free sample page on Monday in the last 
few days (cached copy).  The page promised users that "All information 
will be used for mailing purposes only and will not be distributed to any 
outside organizations. Except maybe the paramedics if your free trial gets 
out of hand."

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