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‘How’s this joker got my details?’: BrewDog founder faces complaints over emails to ‘equity punks’
BrewDog founder James Watt is facing complaints to the UK data privacy watchdog over his bid to buy back the company, which he sold to Tilray earlier this year. The sale rendered shares of over 200,000 crowdfunding investors worthless, prompting scrutiny over how Watt obtained their data for his buy-back campaign.
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