Privacy issues with Good Sam Club
Finding myself with no place to stay near Yellowstone I called a nearby city with an RV Park listed in Good Sam. It was listed as a Good Sam Park. While on the phone immediately after I had given t...
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sch911 wrote:4X4Dodger wrote:sch911 wrote:
Realize that you most likely agreed to allow them to do this when you signed up and didn't read all the fine print on the agreements....
I am not sure that is correct. It is not specifically stated in the agreement as far as I can see.
Read this (Good Sams Privacy Policy).
The following is the relevant paragraph from the Policy. NO where does it say your address will be shared. Only " recognize your membership". this is from the section titled: "How We Use the Personally Identifiable Information that We Collect"
"..In addition, by joining Good Sam Club, you agree and acknowledge that we may recognize your membership among our affiliated companies and on our web sites. For example, if you are a member of Good Sam Club and have also joined the RV.Net forum, we will indicate that you are a Good Sam Club member by displaying a "Good Sam" icon by your user name whenever you post content to an RV.Net forum. If you would like to remove the Good Sam Club icon in relation to your forum posts, you may do so in your forum account in the "My Profile" section.
My address is not necessary information to "Recognize my Membership".
And attempts to defend GSE in the use/misuse of this fall on deaf ears here as it should on anyone concerned about their security and privacy. As I am fond of telling retailers who ask for my email and people in general, it's not a matter of IF you will be hacked, it's a matter of WHEN you will be hacked. And of course how many thousands of your customers data will be lost to Russian, Chinese or Kazakhstani criminal enterprises.
