‘How’s this joker got my details?’: BrewDog founder faces complaints over emails to ‘equity punks’

Exclusive: Watchdog asked to look into how James Watt got data of ex-crowdfunders he invited to join buy-back bid James Watt, the BrewDog founder who sold the debt-laden “punk” brewer earlier this year , is the subject of complaints to the UK’s data privacy...

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What happened: Exclusive: Watchdog asked to look into how James Watt got data of ex-crowdfunders he invited to join buy-back bid James Watt, the BrewDog founder who sold the debt-laden “punk” brewer earlier this year , is the subject of complaints to the UK’s data privacy...

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Source attribution: The Guardian Business via theguardian.com. Original report: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/17/brewdog-founder-james-watt-faces-data-privacy-complaints-over-emails-to-equity-punks