Community Relations Archive
Thread: Unauthorized use of account information
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ElbowJane
Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:47 am
#1
Yesterday I received an advertisement by regular mail addressed to the name of my avatar.
You heard me right. I received a special offer from Sprint addressed to Zaina Fazia. I assure you that is not my real name.
Since I have not used that name anywhere else, ever, and I have scrupulously opted out ofall mailings, etc.,I can only conclude that my account details have somehow been included withoutmy tacit or express consentin a mailing list that was sold by Sony or a third party to Sprint.
To allay suspicions that someone is playing a practical joke on me, no one who knows my avatar name also knows my home address. I have never posted my home address in any forum or web page, much less.
I am not upset by this; in fact, I found this quite hilarious. But I felt this, which amounts to a violation of privacy,should be brought to the attention of the community, if it hasn't already. This is junk mail absurdity of the highest order.
The standard reply to this, of course, will be that Sony, LucasArts and their subsidiaries do not supply subscriber information to third parties in any form. But I defy you to come up with any other reasonable explanation.
I would also like to know if this has happened to anyone else.
Zaina Fazia
wildcat84
Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:17 am
#2
I would be terribly upset if I started getting junk mail with my char's names on them 
I doubt it was SOE though, could you have used your char name, and personal info on another site?
Some 3rd party sites don't have much in the way of a privacy policy.
I doubt it was SOE though, could you have used your char name, and personal info on another site?Some 3rd party sites don't have much in the way of a privacy policy.
Stealth42o
Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:37 pm
#4
Blimigerite wrote:
I'd laugh if my toon got pre-approved for a credit card
LMAO
Tiggs
Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:47 pm
#6
Please feel free to forward a copy of the email to me (I will send you the email address in private message).
5Star_Bandit
Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:53 pm
#7
ElbowJane wrote:Yesterday I received an advertisement by regular mail addressed to the name of my avatar.<
Hey Tiggs?
You missed this part of the post I think.
Wolveryne40
Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:13 pm
#8
tiggs, shouldnt you actually read it? lol
regular mail not e-mail. that little metal can or plastic or wooden box attached/outside of the house, real one not ingame, that bills keep managing to find everyday.
regular mail not e-mail. that little metal can or plastic or wooden box attached/outside of the house, real one not ingame, that bills keep managing to find everyday.
Anthemion
Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:33 pm
#9
Tiggs,
Unlike "Zaina Fazia," I am a bit more concerned about this privacy issue. Could you please let the player base (or just myself) know of the results of this inquiry.
Thanks
Unlike "Zaina Fazia," I am a bit more concerned about this privacy issue. Could you please let the player base (or just myself) know of the results of this inquiry.
Thanks
LGandalf
Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:14 am
#10
Heh. Tiggs, he received it by snail - not email, but a paper delivered by a postman to his metal mailbox on his door, or something. That is not very forwardable by email.
Montya_Quatun
Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:24 am
#11
perhaps it is you guys who should read more carefully she was asking -him- to forward the e-mail he recived to her. (or in this case, its snail mail so a fax would be more appropriate)
Message Edited by Montya_Quatun on 06-08-2005 03:25 AM
5Star_Bandit
Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:35 am
#12
Montya_Quatun wrote:
perhaps it is you guys who should read more carefully she was asking -him- to forward the e-mail he recived to her. (or in this case, its snail mail so a fax would be more appropriate)Message Edited by Montya_Quatun on 06-08-2005 03:25 AM
Tiggs said she was going to PM the Email address that it could be forwarded to and didn't say it was a snail mail or fax number that it could be sent to.
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