Used Car Retailer Collects Payment and Sensitive Documents Then Refuses Sale
A buyer paid over $2,000 to transfer a vehicle, was approved for financing, and submitted requested documents including a social security card, only to have the retailer invoke a right to refuse the sale after payment and paperwork were already collected. Charging customers and requesting unusually sensitive documentation before an arbitrary last-minute refusal raises both financial exposure and data-privacy concerns.
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