Archive for the ‘Privacy’ tag
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Annoyed by erroneous collections calls?
20 July 2009
kink.fm – A Consumer Warning from Dave.
I’ve been experiencing exactly what Dave mentions at the above link: automated calls requesting somebody named Jeffrey to call 800-414-8319. I called and told Palisades Collections to stop calling my home number. Whatever you do, don’t enter your SSN at the prompt! And don’t give them any personal information whatsoever, including your name.
The Internets
The perils of online shopping
drugstore.com lost some of my info and magically discovered other info
10 January 2009
The other day, I quickly ordered a few items from drugstore.com and the message I got the next day saying my order had shipped told me that the items got sent to my parents’ house. Which kind of worried me because (1) I don’t know how they got that address and (2) did I order anything that might raise an eyebrow? A very quick check told me that there were no worries regarding (2), and a phone call to their 800 number ensured I’d get my items. But still!
Have I ever sent to my parents’ address before? I have from Amazon or others, I’m sure, but I checked my drugstore.com orders and that address didn’t come up. Furthermore, they had lost my current home address — and I just ordered from them two months ago. So, maybe I should be worried about their servers and privacy issues and stuff? And if they didn’t have my current address, why did my credit card company let them process the charge? Man oh man.
Anybody else have technical problems with drugstore.com lately?