ICO to investigate Tesco following data security claims

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is to investigate Tesco after research revealed failings in the retail giant’s security.

According to Computing, Tesco will be asked to explain the alleged poor security practices of its website, including allegations that it stores login and password information in an unhashed and unsalted format, does not use HTTPS on some pages and emails passwords to users in plain text.

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