Paul Neate
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I recently placed a tackle order on Leslies of Luton's on-line shop, and got an order confirmation message, unencrypted, that gave not only details of my order but also my credit card number, my address, the works -- in fact, everything that a credit card fraudster would need to clear out my account. Being unencrypted, the message could have been read by anyone, or harvested while in transit.
I immediately sent an e-mail to Leslies about this, but they tried to fob me off with worthless assurances that there is nothing to worry about. Which planet are they living on? However, they have assured me that "any concerns are now purely academic as of this week we will have a completely different shop." Which suggests to me that they were aware of the problem but chose not to tell their customers.
This is the only on-line shopping site that I have ever seen such criminally irresponsible behaviour from. I, for one, will never again shop on line with Leslies. I would counsel anyone against giving Leslies their credit card details on the Web -- if you must shop with them, phone in your card details.
I immediately sent an e-mail to Leslies about this, but they tried to fob me off with worthless assurances that there is nothing to worry about. Which planet are they living on? However, they have assured me that "any concerns are now purely academic as of this week we will have a completely different shop." Which suggests to me that they were aware of the problem but chose not to tell their customers.
This is the only on-line shopping site that I have ever seen such criminally irresponsible behaviour from. I, for one, will never again shop on line with Leslies. I would counsel anyone against giving Leslies their credit card details on the Web -- if you must shop with them, phone in your card details.