So I have been getting quite a few calls over the past six months from companies calling to try and sell me a car warranty on my wife's car and some for the same year and model that my sister drives. I was wondering how they were able to link my wife's car to my cell phone, which is not listed in any directories. When we register our vehicles with the state, they do not request a phone number so they didn't get it from them. I was also really curious how they somehow linked my cell phone number to my sister's car.
Then I realized the connection. Both my wife's vehicle and my sister's are both on my Sirius XM account. Sirius XM also has my cell phone number. So I went to the sirius XM website and sure enough their privacy, or lack of privacy, policy clearly states they share your data with third parties to offer you stuff they think you might be interested in. Because everybody is dying to get an unsolicited call from a shady car warranty company.
http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/siriusxm_privacypolicy_eng.pdf
Now I just need to figure out how to get these assholes in NYC to stop selling my data to these shady companies. Is it not enough that I keep paying their ever increasing subscription fees so now they have to sell my number and other info too?
Then I realized the connection. Both my wife's vehicle and my sister's are both on my Sirius XM account. Sirius XM also has my cell phone number. So I went to the sirius XM website and sure enough their privacy, or lack of privacy, policy clearly states they share your data with third parties to offer you stuff they think you might be interested in. Because everybody is dying to get an unsolicited call from a shady car warranty company.
http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/siriusxm_privacypolicy_eng.pdf
Now I just need to figure out how to get these assholes in NYC to stop selling my data to these shady companies. Is it not enough that I keep paying their ever increasing subscription fees so now they have to sell my number and other info too?