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Re:Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Driver... by moe on Saturday February 28, 2015 @03:33AM (#9123175)
This leads to a ruined life? Talk about a first world problem

Hey now, cancelled auto-payments are no joke. Just imagine you lose your Netflix subscription or (god beware) Amazon Prime over this.

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Re:Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Driver... by mpclark on Saturday February 28, 2015 @03:52AM (#9123208)
Two card changes in quick succession led to my car insurance being cancelled when they couldn't take a payment. The first I knew of it was when the blue lights came on behind me. That is firmly into ruined life territory.
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Re:Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Driver... by moe on Saturday February 28, 2015 @04:15AM (#9123251)
That is firmly into ruined life territory.

Sounds more like "inconvenience" territory to me, but I hope you and your car are recovering well from this life altering experience.

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Re:Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Driver... by mpclark on Saturday February 28, 2015 @05:10AM (#9123330)
No, in the UK being caught like this means a big fine, an long-term endorsement on your license and unpleasant side effects which include raised insurance premiums and not being able to get a hire car for several years afterwards. It IS actually a big deal. And it all has its roots in a bank card number changing unexpectedly.

And the point is, yes, consequences can be rather more damaging than having your Amazon Prime membership lapse.

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Re:Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Driver... by moe on Saturday February 28, 2015 @05:36AM (#9123357)
And they don't do as much as send you a letter first?

Seems hard to believe.

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Re:Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Driver... by pjc50 on Saturday February 28, 2015 @07:23AM (#9123488)
Not having insurance is a strict liability offence, and there's now a database (of course) of who has paid up insurance.
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Re:Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Driver... by moe on Saturday February 28, 2015 @07:41AM (#9123519)
Not having insurance is a strict liability offence

It's the same in my country.

But if you're late on payments then a normal dunning process begins. Before your insurance turns invalid you have to ignore at least 3 letters over the course of 3 months.

In the UK they just flip the switch when a single payment fails, without prior warning?

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