Texas Attorney General press release: Attorney General Paxton Announces Agreement to Protect Consumer Privacy in RadioShack Case (May 20, 2015) (Office of the Attorney General of Texas, press release, May 20, 2015; settlement filed as Notice of Agreement Regarding Sale of Certain Personally Identifiable Information, In re RadioShack Corp., No. 15-10197 (BLS) (Bankr. D. Del.), ECF No. 2187)
State attorneys general can cut a bankruptcy data sale down to a small, recent slice: most RadioShack data was destroyed, the buyer kept only the emails of customers who had asked for product information in the last two years, and it promised never to resell. Expect the states, not only the FTC, at the table.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“A coalition of 38 states, led by Texas, joined together to oppose the sale of consumer data. Under the terms of the settlement agreement reached after mediation, the overwhelming bulk of RadioShack’s consumer data will be destroyed, and no credit or debit card account numbers, social security numbers, dates of birth or even phone numbers will be transferred. ... Out of the 8.5 million customer email addresses in RadioShack’s files, the new owner will be allowed to retain only the email addresses of those who specifically requested product information in the last two years. General Wireless further agreed it will not sell or share any of this customer information in the future with any other entity, including its new co-branded business partner Sprint Communications.”
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