Cheryl Q Posted January 9, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Cruiser beware!! Princess automatically shares your personal information with their affiliates (meaning Princess gets a kickback). You have no control over what the affiliate does with your personal information. It is your problem as Princess does nothing about it. You have to call Princess as well as the national reporting agencies to opt out. Princess must be hard up if they are scraping for pennies. Btw, their people/customer service doesnt bother to call back. Go to another cruise line as you will never know what Princess does with your information when you call for a cruise. #princesscruises Sent from my SM-G930V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted January 9, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Cruiser beware!! Princess automatically shares your personal information with their affiliates (meaning Princess gets a kickback). You have no control over what the affiliate does with your personal information. It is your problem as Princess does nothing about it. You have to call Princess as well as the national reporting agencies to opt out. Princess must be hard up if they are scraping for pennies. Btw, their people/customer service doesnt bother to call back. Go to another cruise line as you will never know what Princess does with your information when you call for a cruise. #princesscruises Sent from my SM-G930V using Forums mobile app And you think other line's don't. Sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartgv Posted January 9, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) How do you know Princess is doing this? What affiliates are you referring to? We've never gotten unsolicited emails or phone calls that we had any reason to believe came from Princess referrals. If you're referring to ads that appear on your computer screen, those come from every website we visit - not unique to Princess by any means. Edited January 9, 2017 by Kartgv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpcountryTravelers Posted January 9, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Cruiser beware!! Princess automatically shares your personal information with their affiliates (meaning Princess gets a kickback). You have no control over what the affiliate does with your personal information. It is your problem as Princess does nothing about it. You have to call Princess as well as the national reporting agencies to opt out. Princess must be hard up if they are scraping for pennies. Btw, their people/customer service doesnt bother to call back. Go to another cruise line as you will never know what Princess does with your information when you call for a cruise. #princesscruises Sent from my SM-G930V using Forums mobile app This is nothing new, nor is it particular to Princess. As part of the software that companies use to gather your data, most ALL share those data to other companies. Most have no "opt out" option. That's just how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted January 9, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Alarmist anti-Princess post from a first-time poster. Hmmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toberman Posted January 9, 2017 #6 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just joined CC and this is the first post?? Makes me wonder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toberman Posted January 9, 2017 #7 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Alarmist anti-Princess post from a first-time poster. Hmmmmm... You beat me to it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromep Posted January 9, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I'm not aware of any legal requirement for an information sharing opt-out feature with regard to non-financial services businesses. Gramm-Leach-Bliley, which governs information sharing for banks, credit unions and brokerages, doesn't apply non-financial services companies. Most companies will honor some level of restrictions on information sharing, but that is also up to them to enforce. So far, the only information I'm aware that Princess is sharing is my name and address, and so far that has only gotten me cruise promotional materials from other Carnival Corp. companies, such as HAL and Seaborn. What specifically has the OP found to be shared which is objectionable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted January 9, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 9, 2017 You beat me to it ! Only by 27 seconds. Now let's see what Cheryl Q has to say in the upcoming months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted January 9, 2017 #10 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Cheryl: Thank you for the information. I have read the information when booking every cruise with Princess and have yet to call Princess to opt out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted January 9, 2017 #11 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Cruiser beware!! Princess automatically shares your personal information with their affiliates (meaning Princess gets a kickback). You have no control over what the affiliate does with your personal information. It is your problem as Princess does nothing about it. You have to call Princess as well as the national reporting agencies to opt out. Princess must be hard up if they are scraping for pennies. Btw, their people/customer service doesnt bother to call back. Go to another cruise line as you will never know what Princess does with your information when you call for a cruise. #princesscruises Which cruise line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishywood Posted January 9, 2017 #12 Share Posted January 9, 2017 If you have created a profile on your Captains Circle account, on the first page of your profile Contact Details if you scroll halfway down you will find the options to opt out of e-mail, snail mail, telephone or all three contacts. Yes if you continue to opt in you will receive the occasional brochure or e-mail from HAL, Costa, or Seabourn (nice to dream about the latter line). Used to get from Carnival too but I guess their marketing matrix now considers me more upscale :rolleyes: Sorry to hear that such correspondence so deeply bothers the OP. But I also wonder if the OP ever went to the Find A Cruise section on the Cruise Critic main page--for sure that will get you correspondence from a TA advertiser that is certified in the line you may have looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted January 9, 2017 #13 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Compensation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukesubsailor Posted January 9, 2017 #14 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Cruiser beware!! Princess automatically shares your personal information with their affiliates (meaning Princess gets a kickback). You have no control over what the affiliate does with your personal information. It is your problem as Princess does nothing about it. You have to call Princess as well as the national reporting agencies to opt out. Princess must be hard up if they are scraping for pennies. Btw, their people/customer service doesnt bother to call back. Go to another cruise line as you will never know what Princess does with your information when you call for a cruise. #princesscruises Sent from my SM-G930V using Forums mobile app Cheryl Q, For full disclosure, could you please tell us which "other cruise line" are you employed by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted January 9, 2017 #15 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Go to another cruise line as you will never know what Princess does with your information when you call for a cruise. Cruise critic sells your data, too. Now that you have posted here, your data will be all over the internet before I finish typing this sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfaaa Posted January 9, 2017 #16 Share Posted January 9, 2017 OP, did you do something bad on a Princess cruise? Why do you sound so worried Princess may share your info with its affiliates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredie Posted January 9, 2017 #17 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Compensation? Ten day cruise and a Bingo card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted January 9, 2017 #18 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Cruiser beware!! Princess automatically shares your personal information with their affiliates (meaning Princess gets a kickback). You have no control over what the affiliate does with your personal information. It is your problem as Princess does nothing about it. You have to call Princess as well as the national reporting agencies to opt out. Princess must be hard up if they are scraping for pennies. Btw, their people/customer service doesnt bother to call back. Go to another cruise line as you will never know what Princess does with your information when you call for a cruise. #princesscruises Sent from my SM-G930V using Forums mobile app Any business who has your information whether it be a department store, supermarket, hotel chain or cruise line will sell your information to a 3rd party marketing group. They track you buying habits and solicit accordingly. If you are not comfortable with that I wouldn't bother searching the internet because that is far worse. Big Brother is watching everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingEA Posted January 10, 2017 #19 Share Posted January 10, 2017 The department of transportation in the state I live in sell your information as well. I don't think there is an opt out for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted January 10, 2017 #20 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Many many companies buy and sell personal info. Marketing.... Edited January 10, 2017 by Colo Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted January 10, 2017 #21 Share Posted January 10, 2017 This discussion is very hypnotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted January 10, 2017 #22 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Ten day cruise and a Bingo card? Well, that's what I got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted January 10, 2017 #23 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Ten day cruise and a Bingo card? You can have the bingo card, I'll have the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredie Posted January 10, 2017 #24 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Well, that's what I got! I pay attention. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar1950 Posted January 10, 2017 #25 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Ten day cruise and a Bingo card? OK, the 10 day cruise sounds good. The Bingo card, you get that anyway when you do the "$500.00 (or is it $1000.00 ?) Treasure Hunt" (must be present to win, HT to Pescado Amerillo for that) on embarkation day. :cool: Edited January 10, 2017 by ar1950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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