Jacqueline
Hammond,#2Consumer Suggestion
Thu, June 26, 2003
It's a good thing you called your bank. It sounds like you're on top of the situation. I just wanted to offer this informtion, in case it may help, and for others research WLI*Reservations. WLI is www.travelvaluesplus.com and www.reservationrewards.com. These are second and third party merchants, who receive information about you from businesses you might frequent on the internet. The two are linked but to what extent, I'm still researching. It is very important to contact them, and have your name and email removed from their subscription list. I know it's weird, because you never really subscribed to them. However, a web site you accessed or purchased something from had a lax "privacy policy", and sold your information to merchant 2 being www.reservationrewards.com or www.travelvaluesplus.com. If you would like to see how they work in "full bloom" you can access a site that provides different forms of networking and administration for this type of merchant. The site is called: www.webloyalty.com. They all see themselves as being "customer-link-team-specialist" customizing the internet for a more personal shopping experience. Customizing is the key, and an excuse for exchanging your credit card/debit or online account numbers, with unseen and unknown merchants. This has taught me a real lesson. I review those privacy policies now, where before I would have just shrugged it off. Anyway, now they have your bank account number. It's good you called your bank, and I hope they issue you a new number. I understand you will be researching this furthur, please get back to us, if you can. The number of consumers, sharing your experience are rising, so you might have something to offer. If your busy, it's understandable. Hope everything works out for you.