Does DVC sell its member lists?

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My parents and I are going to WDW on Thursday March 24th. For the past couple of weeks, we both have been inundated with pre-recorded phone calls for "you have won a free trip" scam. I'm wondering id Disney, specifically DVC sells their member lists to third party advertisers? Are other members receiving these calls around the time of their trips?
 
I honestly don't know if they do sell member info or not, I would hope not, but nothing they do would surprise me.
I get my fair share of telemarketing calls, but none that I could or would attribute to my DVC membership and I have been a member for 9 years.
 
Since DVC is a real estate purchase, your ownership is a matter of public record. These telemarketing companies can (and do) easily get information on timeshare owners right off the county comptroller's web site. Many of us have gotten calls; it stopped when I got on the do-not-call-list.

I think it's just a coincidence that they're calling around the time of your vacation. I can't imagine Disney selling any information including your reservation dates, that would be a major privacy breach.
 

My parents and I are going to WDW on Thursday March 24th. For the past couple of weeks, we both have been inundated with pre-recorded phone calls for "you have won a free trip" scam. I'm wondering id Disney, specifically DVC sells their member lists to third party advertisers? Are other members receiving these calls around the time of their trips?
No they don't, almost certainly some timeshare related issue (likely scam or close to it) who got your info through public records or bought it from someone else who did.
 
No they don't, almost certainly some timeshare related issue (likely scam or close to it) who got your info through public records or bought it from someone else who did.

It's just the timing that scares me. I bought DVC a couple years ago, and the only association that my parents address and phone number would show up on is for this reservation. We're even going on different airlines from different airports.
 
It's just the timing that scares me. I bought DVC a couple years ago, and the only association that my parents address and phone number would show up on is for this reservation. We're even going on different airlines from different airports.
If this is not the info listed on the deed, I'd call DVC and talk to member admin.
 
Add your telephone number(s) to the national do not call registry. If you do, you will not get those calls.
 
No they don't, almost certainly some timeshare related issue (likely scam or close to it) who got your info through public records or bought it from someone else who did.

Are you positive about this Dean? We get calls about 2-3 times a year from a company willing to "sell" our DVC for us. We have moved and changed our phone number since we orginally purchased. I can't see how a company would know we own unless they were sold our names and current phone number from DVD. We have an unlisted phone number so it would be hard to track us down.

I'm not saying DVD sells the list for sure, I just don't know that they don't either.
 
Add your telephone number(s) to the national do not call registry. If you do, you will not get those calls.

We are on that list and have an unlisted phone number yet we continually get calls to "sell" our DVC. I think somebody's selling it.
 
We've never gotten a travel related marketing call.
 
Add your telephone number(s) to the national do not call registry. If you do, you will not get those calls.

I'm on the Canadian do not call list, but these calls are originating from the US. They come up as anonymous, but the information on the pre-recorded call mentions about "calls in your state".
 
We are on that list and have an unlisted phone number yet we continually get calls to "sell" our DVC. I think somebody's selling it.
We are on the list and never get them, so if they continue to call, be sure you get their contact info and then report them to the do not call office. That's what I do when I get unsolicited calls. In fact, when I do that, they usually hang up before I finish telling them what I'm going to do. The thing is, you have to follow through with it too. I was getting stuff like that about 5 years ago, and after two calls where I went through with getting all the information and turning it in the way they suggest on the DNC list, and I never get calls from ANY solicitors for ANYTHING any more. :thumbsup2

I usually start by asking them the information about their company. i.e. phone, where they are located, name etc, etc, etc, and I even ask the name of the person calling. Sometimes that alone will elicit an hang up. Then I tell them I am on the do not call list and that they are required to purchase that list. If they had done so, they would KNOW I am on it and wouldn't have called me. Then I tell them that I am reporting them. The do not call list actually makes it very easy to report. You go to their site, and just fill in the number, name of company and date and time.
 
Add your telephone number(s) to the national do not call registry. If you do, you will not get those calls.

:rotfl2:

The DNC list is something of a joke. It stops legitimate businesses from cold-calling you, but the unscrupulous telemarketers ignore it. Then they argue that you established a business relationship with them when you pressed 1, or 2, or whatever. They also mask their phone numbers to prevent you from reporting them - which of course, doesn't help you out really.

I wouldn't read anything into that trip scam call though. Reports are up on that one across the board, and I'm pretty sure they are not all DVC members :)

It's just the latest version of "your credit card services company" (someone actually talked to an agent, and asked, "Which credit card?", and they couldn't tell him... "Uhhh...yours?") and the "your auto warranty is expiring" scams.
 
The other option is to just not answer calls that come from toll free numbers.
 
We are on the list and never get them, so if they continue to call, be sure you get their contact info and then report them to the do not call office. That's what I do when I get unsolicited calls. In fact, when I do that, they usually hang up before I finish telling them what I'm going to do. The thing is, you have to follow through with it too. I was getting stuff like that about 5 years ago, and after two calls where I went through with getting all the information and turning it in the way they suggest on the DNC list, and I never get calls from ANY solicitors for ANYTHING any more. :thumbsup2

I usually start by asking them the information about their company. i.e. phone, where they are located, name etc, etc, etc, and I even ask the name of the person calling. Sometimes that alone will elicit an hang up. Then I tell them I am on the do not call list and that they are required to purchase that list. If they had done so, they would KNOW I am on it and wouldn't have called me. Then I tell them that I am reporting them. The do not call list actually makes it very easy to report. You go to their site, and just fill in the number, name of company and date and time.

That is what I usually do, Diane. But for some reason we have never "talked" to these companies. They always leave a message on the answering machine. Not once have they called when we are at home. I don't even pay attention to the messages anymore.
 
Since DVC is a real estate purchase, your ownership is a matter of public record. These telemarketing companies can (and do) easily get information on timeshare owners right off the county comptroller's web site. Many of us have gotten calls; it stopped when I got on the do-not-call-list.

I think it's just a coincidence that they're calling around the time of your vacation. I can't imagine Disney selling any information including your reservation dates, that would be a major privacy breach.


When do these get recorded at the comptrollers office? I thought it was after closing? We just now got our closing documents today, the same day I get what I believe is a scam call about renting/selling timeshares, from some company called "Timeshares Only" who do not have a stellar record from looking around on the internet.

I was wondering how they got our info and if from the county records, how so quickly and we arent officially closed and its our only contract.
 
Are you positive about this Dean? We get calls about 2-3 times a year from a company willing to "sell" our DVC for us. We have moved and changed our phone number since we orginally purchased. I can't see how a company would know we own unless they were sold our names and current phone number from DVD. We have an unlisted phone number so it would be hard to track us down.
The modern world of data management is a many-splendored thing. One of the things it has made possible is the cross-correlation of data from many different sources, none of which have *all* of your information, but each of which has *some*. I have a colleague who has a research specialty in privacy for data management systems. Given your name, and a place where you lived in the not-too-distant past, she can build a surprisingly accurate profile of you using only publicly available sources. "Google stalking" isn't nearly as hard as you'd think. And, once you consider that some companies who *also* have your name and (otherwise unlisted) phone number might sell that information---or perhaps have it stolen in a security breach---well, it's not to hard for someone to find you if there is money in it for them. And, in the timeshare business, there is a surprising amount of money available through various scams, to the point where it is worth doing this work.
 
The modern world of data management is a many-splendored thing. One of the things it has made possible is the cross-correlation of data from many different sources, none of which have *all* of your information, but each of which has *some*. I have a colleague who has a research specialty in privacy for data management systems. Given your name, and a place where you lived in the not-too-distant past, she can build a surprisingly accurate profile of you using only publicly available sources. "Google stalking" isn't nearly as hard as you'd think. And, once you consider that some companies who *also* have your name and (otherwise unlisted) phone number might sell that information---or perhaps have it stolen in a security breach---well, it's not to hard for someone to find you if there is money in it for them. And, in the timeshare business, there is a surprising amount of money available through various scams, to the point where it is worth doing this work.
I just signed on recently to a website where it required user authentication. They gave a list of multiple choice questions that included first car, home from 23 years ago and previous phone numbers. I was quite amazed. They were obviously mining public data but from multiple sources.
 
Hi all - I can tell you I have access to any list out on the market - Disney does not and never did RENT their phone numbers out. No reputable company sellsd their info - many do rent a list for a 1 time use. It's very comon.

Disney currently has no DVC files on the market to rent. They do have their movie club subscribers and some other magazine subs on the market for rental - none of these files include phone numbers.

On any thing you buy or subscribe to - there is an opt out option, if you do not opt out then they have the right to rent the information to 3rd party marketers. They also have to approve any offer that wants their buyer / subscribers. Disney would not rent yoru phone numbers.

Even if Disney did have their DVC file on the market - they would NEVER allow another timeshare affiliate rent their names.
 

















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