It's borderline hillarious that BA doesn't have time to issue refunds since everyone is at the factory (to quote David), but they sure have time to delete posts en masse here.
BA, I'll give you one very valuable business advice, and I'm even doing it for free: If you find yourself stuck in a hole - stop digging.
I'll forward the entire issue around the sale of data to my lawyer next week and add it to the ever growing list of issues to bring up in court.