Good thing I ship to a PO box and use a generic C/O name.
Their reasoning is that this somehow "helps" small-business.
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4...
State mandated doxxing.
This is why I have a burner phone number, throwaway domain/email, and special alias for food delivery that needs my home address.
I barely ever read spam (and receive it mainly on one of my older e-mail addresses but it does end up in the spam filter). I barely ever receive spam on my phone number. I won't say never, cause it has happened, but probably like twice a year or so. And I use my real phone number and real e-mail address everywhere. Which, in case of using an alias, isn't clever. But in your case, they still got the address.
Not quite, but I'll give it a pass.
> All houses order food.
Nope, not everyone orders food. Perhaps in your bubble.
> Nothing private is disclosed.
Incorrect, it is PII. It is a real name connected to a street address first of all (one could use an alias; I do). And, possibly (potentially) also containing metadata such as what is being ordered, at which time, and how much.
Moreover, it denotes activity. If you want to lay low, your street address might be officially public (mine is) yet not receive spam on it.
For some reason, it isn't possible to only give a business your address (and other PII) when they need it and force them to discard it completely afterwards. Why not? Because when leaks happen, they're not hold accountable. See the essay Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out? by Bruce Schneier [1]
[1] https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_t...
I don't really have a problem with that in general, but yeah I don't want to deal with random third party sellers.
Also in my experience when there's a problem with the item and you need a return/refund, it never gets sorted until you escalate to Amazon. Assuming you're not happy with a 20p partial refund and a complimentary bizarre plastic children's toy (when what you ordered was nothing of the kind).
This is in the UK though, obviously can't and I'm not claiming it's the norm everywhere.
I was supposed to get a delivery today, but it requires a signature and I was in the back yard when they knocked on the door. A quick text or call would have been great. Alas.