Just days after Amazon.com tightened its privacy policy, a bug in one of its Web pages exposed numerous email addresses of the site's Affiliate members. Dave English, who runs a software quality assurance company in New Hampshire, discovered the problem . . . . Just days after Amazon.com tightened its privacy policy, a bug in one of its Web pages exposed numerous email addresses of the site's Affiliate members. Dave English, who runs a software quality assurance company in New Hampshire, discovered the problem while trying to update his company's links for the Amazon Affiliate program, which pays members a commission when they refer shoppers to Amazon's stores. The link for this article located at CNET is no longer available. . An error on eBay's platform revealed a significant number of usernames of seller associates, affecting confidentiality protocols.. Amazon Affiliate Email Leak, Private Data Breach, Web Bug Issue. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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