No data breach at Patreon, but proactive notice caused some concern
Patreon, the membership platform that helps creators get paid for their work, sent users a letter on Monday warning them about a data breach at Typeform.
Patreon uses Typeform for user surveys, and on June 27, Typeform announced a data breach that impacts thousands of people. Being proactive, Patreon wanted to alert their users, but the wording of the letter led to some confusion.
The Patreon letter recaps the Typeform data breach, and then informs the recipient that "as a result, we are reaching out to you as the data that was potentially impacted includes your [name and email address]."
