neoporcupine
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- Dec 7, 2005
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I advise anyone within the FlyBuys program to either quit or contact them immiediately and tell them you do not want to have your personal information released.
When I signed up for FlyBuys I was very dubious of the system. However I was assured that this information is kept confidential and that my specific information was to never be given to anyone and only aggregate data would be used for marketing purposes. Over the years I have cashed in my points and enjoyed some free accomodation in excellent hotels, and many free movie tickets. Nice.
However, the privacy policy is changing. As of 2006, the big corporations want the information that was collected by the Fly Buys company. They will also be able to disclose this information
"within their corporate groups (and to their service providers)".
That is just scary; how many companies belong to the "corporate groups"? What the hell is a service provider?
Check it out:
http://www.flybuys.com.au/information/privpol.asp
"You can, at any time, tell us not to disclose your name to Coles Myer Ltd (and its group companies) or National Australia Bank Limited (and its group companies). You can do this by writing to us or by calling 13 1116."
http://neoporcupine.blogspot.com/2005/11/privacy-and-fly-buys.html
When I signed up for FlyBuys I was very dubious of the system. However I was assured that this information is kept confidential and that my specific information was to never be given to anyone and only aggregate data would be used for marketing purposes. Over the years I have cashed in my points and enjoyed some free accomodation in excellent hotels, and many free movie tickets. Nice.
However, the privacy policy is changing. As of 2006, the big corporations want the information that was collected by the Fly Buys company. They will also be able to disclose this information
"within their corporate groups (and to their service providers)".
That is just scary; how many companies belong to the "corporate groups"? What the hell is a service provider?
Check it out:
http://www.flybuys.com.au/information/privpol.asp
"You can, at any time, tell us not to disclose your name to Coles Myer Ltd (and its group companies) or National Australia Bank Limited (and its group companies). You can do this by writing to us or by calling 13 1116."
http://neoporcupine.blogspot.com/2005/11/privacy-and-fly-buys.html