Yay, it’s the eHarmony Thanksgiving Free Communication Weekend! Let’s watch the news, shall we?
Story links:
- Tech Crunch: The Post Transaction Marketing Wall Of Shame: Hundreds Of Well Known Ecommerce Sites Rip Off Customers
- U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Press Release (The above image is page 4 of the “Exhibits to Staff Report” attachment.)
- InformationWeek: Lawmakers Slam Deceptive Web Marketers
- FoxNews: Mysterious Charges on Your Credit Card? Internet Shopping Could Be to Blame
Unconvinced that eHarmony, the #1 Trusted Online Dating Site, could be involved in this mess?
Here’s what the eHarmony Privacy Policy proudly says about it:
Disclosure to Trusted Third Parties at Your Request. When purchasing an eHarmony subscription or while visiting our site, we may provide you with advertisements, promotions, sweepstakes and offers from third party providers. If you choose to accept any such offers, you may either (depending on the situation) directly provide your information in connection with the offer to such third party provider, or we will provide your information, including billing information, to the third party provider by pre-populating the offer registration forms. Your information will not be transferred until you actually accept the offer. You may opt-out of the offer at any time up until this point. Please refer to the third party provider’s own privacy policy (provided on the offer pages) if you have any questions regarding how your information is used by such providers. Please be aware that these offers may be presented on pages framed by an eHarmony website. We do this to provide a seamless experience. Although these offer pages have the look and feel of our websites, you will be submitting your information directly to the third-party advertiser. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings, including the sharing of the information you supply to us with third party providers described here, or as the result of the presence of such providers on an eHarmony site. (Highlighting is ours.)
They could very well be sending out your credit card number when you click an ad on the site, are we right?
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