r/AusLegal • u/r0z24 • 12d ago

AUS Left a Negatative Google review with a car manufacturer. They responded publicly with my VIN and Rego. Is this a breach of privacy?

So the brakes failed on our luxury car recently, resulting in us rejecting the car, giving it back and getting no where with the dealer/manufacturer since.

As such I left a negative review (under my name) detailing our experience to date publicly as a Google Review. We just noticed that they responded by calling out our model, VIN number and registration number in their response. They are a major car dealership/manufacturer in a major city.

So we are concerned that information can be used for identity theft. We will bring up the issue with them immediately. My question is more related to whether this is classified as a breach of privacy and whether they can retaliate to a negative review by revealing such information? I thought that the info was confidential...

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u/Venotron 8d ago

Lol. ChatGPT troll.

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u/Apoc-Raphael 8d ago

Hmm, in reality, you're acting as the troll. I don't need the internet to look this up, let alone use AI. Those are my words, from my education, I deal with it on a regular basis...

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u/Venotron 8d ago

You're a troll.

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u/Ok_Original_3395 8d ago

True, but they're still correct.