Did Disney sell my wife's info?

[mabird1980]

I live just outside the Southern California boundary for the Southern California Annual passport. Recently i took a job that is one hour south and my work address is within the boundary. Long story short we used my work address and got season passes for my wife and kids. Now I'm getting citi credit card offers in my wife's name to my work address. The only time she used my work address with her name was for her annual passport. So as far as I can tell, Disney sold her information to citi. Has anyone else experienced anything like this.

 

[anonymousegirl]

Possibly. Or if you bought using a free wifi hotspot, your info could have been compromised. Or, credit card/bank records could have been hacked. But kudos to you for scamming the system and using your work address to cheat the system and get cheaper APs. Maybe it's karma.

 

[mabird1980]

I paid for them at the gate. And didn't scam the system at all, I called and confirmed that it was okay to use my work address before we made the trip.

 

[danny1649]

Never happened to us we own dvc since 1992 plus AP's for many years.I think the privacy policy I read said they would not share any personal information with anyone.

 

[dprincessmom]

Tend to agree you might have been hacked in the transaction. I can't see them selling to Citi when they have to get a kickback from the Disney Rewards offered by Chase.

 

[supersnoop]

Did you pay all at once, or did you take advantage of the payment plan? If you used the payment plan, they likely ran your credit and added the address to her credit profile.

 

[Disneyliscious]

Possibly. Or if you bought using a free wifi hotspot, your info could have been compromised. Or, credit card/bank records could have been hacked. But kudos to you for scamming the system and using your work address to cheat the system and get cheaper APs. Maybe it's karma.

I paid for them at the gate. And didn't scam the system at all, I called and confirmed that it was okay to use my work address before we made the trip.

I wonder how anonymousegirl's egg tasted?

 

[supersnoop]

I paid for them at the gate. And didn't scam the system at all, I called and confirmed that it was okay to use my work address before we made the trip.

I wonder how anonymousegirl's egg tasted?

Asking if you can break the rules still means you broke the rules.
"The SoCal and SoCal Select Annual Passes are valid only for Southern California residents living in zip codes 90000-93599."

 

[anonymousegirl]

I don't eat eggs. I believe it is wrong to use an address where you do not reside to gain cheaper tickets. OP believes otherwise. To each their own.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

I don't eat eggs. I believe it is wrong to use an address where you do not reside to gain cheaper tickets. OP believes otherwise. To each their own.

Disney doesn't believe it's wrong,
He called and confirmed, so what you believe is irrelevant.

 

[anonymousegirl]

Disney doesn't believe it's wrong,
He called and confirmed, so what you believe is irrelevant.

Not irrelevant to me. I stated my position and I hold to it. I find it hard to believe that I could call Disney and ask point blank if I could use an address (where I do not reside) to purchase a Southern California RESIDENT pass and have them say, sure, no problem.

 

[Luckybee]

I don't eat eggs. I believe it is wrong to use an address where you do not reside to gain cheaper tickets. OP believes otherwise. To each their own.

Given your position then dh and I would never be able to get tickets for any offer for anything that requires one to show ID with an address since neither of us have a single piece of ID with anything other than our work address. Drivers licence, passport, credit cards etc all have our work address.

 

[Karin1984]

Well, citi wouldn't offer a financial product to people who are not of age. As your Kids didnt receive the offer, citi needs to have information from a company that also has her dob details.

Selling of data happens a lot. I would check the fine print of your AP to see what it says, but there are a lot of loopholes. My company does share data even when the T&C says they don't. There is some very strange way of wording it to make it legal.

You could call citi, but usually the people on the phone don't have access to that information.

 

[anonymousegirl]

I am not here to argue with anyone. My belief is is my own and I did not mean to hijack this thread and will remove myself from this conversation as I can see no agreement. Have a magical day folks!

 

[disneynutz]

Never happened to us we own dvc since 1992 plus AP's for many years.I think the privacy policy I read said they would not share any personal information with anyone.

DVC does sell your info, they send you and opt out notice with every dues bill each year.

Bill

 

[3Gsandme]

Given your position then dh and I would never be able to get tickets for any offer for anything that requires one to show ID with an address since neither of us have a single piece of ID with anything other than our work address. Drivers licence, passport, credit cards etc all have our work address.

What?

You don't have your home address on your government issued IDs?

Nevermind. Googled it myself. Apparently some police departments allow officers, spouses and children to use their departments address as their home address.

 

[My3Princez]

Disney doesn't believe it's wrong,
He called and confirmed, so what you believe is irrelevant.

AN EMPLOYEE at Disney doesn't believe it is wrong - that's different. I Doubt the castmember on the phone has the authority to make policy changes, and we all know they frequently give out inaccurate information.

 

[maltdizzy]

Disney has always been very liberal about what constitutes "Southern California residency." They'll count work addresses and P.O. Boxes maintained in the area. If you can receive mail at the address, you can qualify. Online they accept the mailing address because they will be mailing the passes there; in person they will accept a bill or statement mailed to the address as proof of a legitimate address. Trust me, they aren't losing money on this. They are in the hospitality industry, they make more money accommodating people.

I've asked if I can use Southern California discounts (usually a Spring 2-for-1 deal available in local supermarkets) for non-area visitors...their response was "will the tickets be bought in Southern California? Will the guest be in Southern California to use them? Then yes." Heck, we can all purchase discounted tickets during Dapper Days, without being Dapper at all.

As for the OP, it's amazing how much marketing I might get from Disney and Disney partners because of one purchase. It seems every month there are two new Disney e-mail subscriptions I have to unsubscribe from—Disney Parks, Disney Cruises, Disney Store, Disney Live, Disney on Ice, Disney food, Marvel, Star Wars, Marvel Live, Disney Hotels, Disney Blogs, Disney Visa, Disney Alunai (sp??), etc.—not to mention the mountain of snail mail every day. I get tons of Citi Bank offers as well...but I expect I would get those no matter what.

 

[scrapquitler]

AN EMPLOYEE at Disney doesn't believe it is wrong - that's different. I Doubt the castmember on the phone has the authority to make policy changes, and we all know they frequently give out inaccurate information.

But when you call and ask a question, and you are given inaccurate information, sometimes you don't know that you have inaccurate information.
When we were at WDW last spring, my husband was doing a split stay for a work convention. I went to concierge and asked how to transfer his bags to the new resort. The cast member told me several options (taxi, use bell services or take the suitcase on the bus). We took the suitcase on the bus. When I mentioned that on the DIS I was lambasted for doing so...but I was TOLD by the CM that it was an option, I didn't know that taking our suitcase on the bus was prohibited (and the driver never said anything). If I'm given info by the castmember, I'm always going to assume they are correct.

If I'm to always assume the CM is incorrect, why would any of us ever ask anything?

 

[CinderElsa]

If you cleared it with Disney, it's fine, and I don't know why anyone would question it. FL resident grandparents are welcome to purchase passes for their non-resident grandchildren & do so all the time.

I find that people who get up in arms about this sort of thing are generally worried that the perceived exclusivity they receive from having the item/experience in question will somehow be tarnished if too many others are allowed to enjoy the same privileges.