Wtf?

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

I got an email thanking me for my order with Parents.com. It was sent to an email address that I use only with Livejournal, ffnet, and with friends. The email said their magazine will go to my old address - an address I haven't lived at for 2 years. I certainly did not place this order!

I started worrying that someone got my credit card or bank info. Checked all my accounts just now and there are no charges I didn't make. The email from parents.com says my "order total" is zero - like I'm being charged nothing.

But I don't get it. Not a lot of people have this email address of mine, and pretty much anyone who does would have to know that I moved two years ago.

Of course a search of parents.com finds no phone number that I can contact them at.

What do I do? I guess I need to keep checking all my credit and bank accounts to make sure that no one has hacked them.

Comments

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Apparently trying to keep one's identity private is a full-time job now!

[denisia.livejournal.com]

Sadly so. Data is the most valuable commodity right now. And some of those sites, like the Lexis/Nexis ones, don't have opt-outs, which is extremely scary.

I've gotten to the point where I check privacy policies before I buy or sign up for anything, I have a throwaway email address without my full name for mailing lists/contests, and I keep a template email in my email folder so that when I buy something/sign up for something on a website, I can quickly send a "please do not share, sell or rent my information to any third parries..." email if necessary.