This Wednesday, March 20, the Leboncoin resale company confirmed to the media l'Informed that it had been the victim of a "technical incident", which caused the personal data of certain users to leak.
This statement comes as several users reported the problem on
This information appeared on the internal messaging of the site and the application.
This data leak would have lasted two days, March 16 and 17, according to l'Informed.
Incident resolved
“It is important to note that these buyers' data could only be viewed by the seller with whom they were in direct conversation.
No third party had access to these elements,” Leboncoin reassured.
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As required by the general regulation on the protection of personal data (GDPR), Leboncoin claimed to have informed the National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (Cnil) of this incident.
The brand also assures that the problem is “now resolved”.