The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed that it will be making enquiries as to the security of Tesco’s website after a number of experts highlighted concerns as to the way it protects data.
Some experts have raised concerns as to the way the website stores the password of its users, and that, when a password is emailed to a user, it is sent to them in plain text, indicating that Tesco does not store those passwords using encryption. Others have said that the website, whilst not necessarily breaching the law, does not follow best practice.
Tesco has argued that its website is secure.