Nick Szabo  🔑

Can you link to something that shows Coinbase sold data to other parties?

It sounds like they shared data with a contractor who needed it to do the job Coinbase asked them to do, then the contractor shared if further, now it's out of Coinbase's control. Very typical thing to happen to data, it can, has, and will happen to every major KYC/AML'd entity.

I guess I naively continue to put too much faith in legal contracts and the like! Only in this community can I be painted as an optimist

So sue Coinbase and let us know how it works out. Good luck!

Try to get an injunction to have all copies of the shared KYC/AML data that now exist in the world wiped.

Szabo, I'm surprised you won't give us a break for asking questions about how our data is being shared. I am grateful that people are asking questions. Imagine how much info would go under the radar if nobody asked questions about potential privacy breaches.

I'm all in favor of asking questions. Good luck getting straightforward and verifiable answers in an area, data sharing with strangers, that lends itself well to neither.

That's a fair point and I know not everyone cares about financial privacy. Yet, I think and hope that simply asking Coinbase questions about this will demonstrate to them and other exchanges that some customers actually care about their privacy.