If you force all of your users to register to use the device or features, they have purchased and as part of that compulsory registration you collect sensitive and personally identifiable information – then make sure your cyber security is up to the job of protecting this information.
Samsung is now facing this in court following its inability to protect compulsory data it had harvested from registrations and then lost to hackers:
Samsung facing class action suit after customer data leak • The Register
Your takeaway from this – whether you are a multi-national or one person operation – read paragraph one!
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
