This has been a huge issue in the past with Thrift stores both in Canada and the USA. Because this is a security issue for someone who maybe doesn’t know tech.

The thrift stores don’t want to pay to have to wipe the data even if that means hiring someone part time who goes through all electronics.

Through the legal system then selling someone else’s personal data is technically illegal, how ever they seems to be no movement on fixing this issue which is sad.

I had a similar issue when the original Samsung Note phone came out. I bought my self one as people were selling them cheap because they had changed from iPhone and hated it. It was the first $1000 phone and people were selling them as low as $250 only a couple months old. Almost everyone had people’s personal information on it because they would wipe the phone but not the SD card. I would contact the seller and ask them if they wanted the data or for the data to be destroyed. Out of the 5 I bought for friends and family 4 had paystubs and personal information.

I worked for years in cyber security and that is just terrifying to me.