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* they’re not just using that private information to nag you. They appear to be abusing their access to confidential information to price it for the buyers too.

One of my unofficial roles as technical cofounder was to bring some ethics regarding customer data and privacy. If I could build the software in a way that (ab)using PII or otherwise private data unnecessarily was difficult, even better. Business types understand when things are too expensive to build ;)

Not saying business folks never have good ethics regarding that stuff, but I find engineers are often more opinionated about it.

But is this really true? In my experience, it's been less of a "come to Jesus" moment and more a slow process of hiring experienced folks who understand the appropriate privacy/security posture for a growing company.

Edit: I'm yet to experience (or see) it as a public breach of trust, especially when the company already has thousands of employees.

"Dragged to Jesus"