An email from the Chicago White Sox to those who bought tickets to a June event exposed the private email addresses of over 200 people.
The email was promoting an event scheduled for Sept. 28 called Sox Crawl. Those who were on the email list had purchased tickets to a June 15 Sox Crawl. But the email list had not been placed in the BCC field, exposing all recipient’s private email addresses.
One irritated ticket purchaser reached out to the White Sox for an explanation and received an apology from a ticket sales coordinator who said that the White Sox had “made a huge mistake and are very sorry” for not setting the email to BCC. The email stated that steps will be taken to ensure the mistake does not happen again.
The White Sox released a statement Friday acknowledging the error.
“Unfortunately, an email was sent to a group of past purchasers that mistakenly shared personal email address information. We deeply regret the error, and are working with fans to address concerns. We take the privacy and security of our fans’ personal information very seriously and are working internally to ensure that this does not happen again.”
