Security News > 2021 > April > Atheists appeal to higher power for intercession over alleged sins against privacy

The Atheist Alliance International, an organisation that works to demystify atheism and advocate for secular governance, has taken legal action it hopes will prove that members' personal data does not remain in the possession of the rival International Association of Atheists.

The Alliance first came to The Register's attention in February 2021 when a member shared an AAI newsletter that claimed the Association - a body founded by former AAI staffers - had taken a member database and was using it to mail AAI members.

The AAI alleged the IAA 'fessed up to having an ill-gotten file in its possession, so sought proof it had been destroyed.

AAI members may find comfort in the fact that only their usernames and email addresses have fallen into darkness.

The Alliance assured members that it does not store more ethereal information such as credit card numbers or passwords on-site, and whoever does hold them has applied devilishly clever encryption to deter would-be sinners.

The Register understands that the dataset in dispute lists no members of either the People's Front of Judea or the Judean People's Front.

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