The Body Shop has fallen

Ooo thanks. But are they supposed to ask you for your details to confirm that it’s you to delete your details? They know my email and it’s linked to my address. Bizarre

Well, I’d need to dig out my notes... ico.org.uk has all the details.

They have to supply you with details of what they have for you within a ‘reasonable’ time (that’s usually about a month).

Anyone I have asked has always (apart from this shower) got back to me pronto to confirm my request then send the info later (witching the month).

I usually also add that I keep records of what data is held where/when deleted/passwords etc and that I keep these in the event if any suspicious or malicious activity.

I also ask what info they hold, how they use it, how it is stored, backups, security measures, who has access, if they have procedures should someone with access/passwords leave the business or (in the case of Audible - and Mumsnet- go postal), etc.

It can be fun.

Yep I did too. Then I asked 3 more times - and also why they needed my address to take me off the system but they said they needed to verify me. I am a little concerned about this as I am paranoid about the vitriol on the internet. Anyone have any experience in these matters?

That’s what I got even when I asked for my data under GDPR. They aren’t even reading their emails!

I emailed the Body Shop to say I was disappointed and shocked by that tweet (i've been busy since it was posted and it's been at the back of my mind to contact them ever since). :

Hello,

Thanks you for getting in touch with us.

We welcome hearing different points of view and your comments have been heard and noted by us.

From all of us at The Body Shop.

Their response

I'd just like to celebrate getting that my account and details have been deleted. They sent me a confirmation email this morning.

[quote MrsWednesdayteatime]Re: internal memos to consultants, I saw this on Twitter, it's a few days old so not sure if it's been added to the thread already

twitter.com/shirleysascot/status/1272948456504602624?s=19[/quote]
No it’s not seen as purely an attack on JKR - it was seen as a slap in the face to her as a DV victim (and therefore all DV victims) AND then the additional dehumanisation if women as menstruated because y’know some men have periods too...

Piss off Body Shop. Any store that dumb doesn’t deserve to survive. And why was that about them fibbing about their green / bunny friendly credentials?

I still haven't even had a response from them. Fuckers.

Too right they "didn't get the tone right" and "should have been more respectful".

They should have emailed that internal mea culpa to people like me who complained about their crass tweet. Not crapped on about fucking 'Menstruators'.

Useless, non-ethical company.

Re: internal memos to consultants, I saw this on Twitter, it's a few days old so not sure if it's been added to the thread already

twitter.com/shirleysascot/status/1272948456504602624?s=19

Anybody heard anything else re: internal memos to consultants?

I imagine they are thinking that this is blowing over?

And a wire brush and carbolic soap came in at #1

From the i article above

Bar soap produced by UK brand Lucy Bee, which advertises its products as organic, cruelty-free, Fairtrade and vegan topped the table, earning it “best buy” status, along with Suffolk-based brand Odulique, which took second place.
Lush’s vegan soap bars came 22nd in the list of 58, while Carex was placed at No 34 and The Body Shop came in at No 38.

Saw this today

inews.co.uk/news/consumer/soap-boots-body-shop-superdrug-best-worst-brands-ethical-credentials-452808

Body Shop not looking as "Green and Ethical" as they once did.

Some good alternative brands listed in the article

Such bloody hypocrites. And idiots for letting ignorant wankers run their social media.

interestingly, on their Empowering Women page, they point out that girls still don't have equal rights and are working with Plan International on that issue.....

I wonder how many accounts were closed and how many people have decided not to shop there again.

How could someone keep their job if their boss says ‘well that one tweet cost us xx accounts/customers and that = £xxx p/a’

So they seriously think that will change a thing? Dangle the W word in front of the females and they all forget the monumental slap in the face?

I now think even less of them.

492 but . . . There were none last week

had to add 492 products into the new women category

It's hilarious, and gives the lie to their "inclusivity". How transphobic/cissexist to imply that certain products are only for one sex/gender identity? When we cannot leave out any outliers from our descriptors or we lose our woke crown? How sexist they reveal themselves to be.

They are following the Audible strategy - fingers in ears and wait for the bro-ha-ha to go away. Or not as the case may be.

Surely they have to now apologise to JK? It's not going well for them on Twitter at all. Perhaps they're hoping we'll all calm down nope.

I hope the person who typed in the horrid bullying post to JKR was the same person who had to add 492 products into the new women category .

Yeay!