Reunion.com

Amy of Akron OH (12/24/08)
I run a business online, I even run a newsletter. I've got terms of service on my site that are very clear about sending me unwanted emails. Their mailings have no unsubscribe link (unlike every other company online), by law ALL emails from any company trying to get your services or mailing list have to have a removal link. There are enough laws to catch them.

They are constantly sending me invites for the thousands of people who add me to their site. I've contacted them tons of times asking them to BAN amylynn.org (being a webmaster and a computer geek I KNOW they can.) It would take nothing more then a few minutes time for them to impliment this. I've asked them to pass my threats onto their legal dept, webmaster, owner, ceo, tech support, etc and STILL I get the mailings. I shouldn't have to impliment spam blockers on my end for a legal matter they are breaking. Both my terms of service as well as the laws about spam.

Loss of work each and everytime I've had to contact reunion.com through email and phone, undue stress because I'm bipolar. I've had uncontolled outbursts of anger toward family and friends due to not being able to cope.

Joseph of Cleveland, OH December 18, 2008

Joseph of Cleveland OH (12/18/08)
Here is my email to Reunion.com which states what happened to me I have already asked you to stop using my email address. I have asked you to stop referring people to me. I have asked you to stop using my email addresses and falsely contacting people with lies. I am collecting all messages received from you. Ths is an invasion of my property and a stealing of my property. You have used my email materials without my permission. You have harrassed my friends. I an consulting with other legal counsel on what steps can be taken against you for these thefts and invasions. Please have your lawyers contact me immediately.

I do not know. That is precisely the problem. They have access to all my email addressees and seemed to have used these to contact my friends. they have access to all my emails over the last five years. This is an invasion and a trespass. At the very least, an injunction should be available.

Lorrie of Scotts Valley, CA December 17, 2008

Lorrie of Scotts Valley CA (12/17/08)
I received an email saying that someone in the neighborhood had joined Reunion and recommended it. This is a lie. They get into your email addresses if you sign up for supposidly 5.00 a month and charge your account 60.00, which you find is not refundable after the fact. There is no agreement to read and approve. They have all you account info and some personal info, depending on what you give. They also say they will automatically renew you membership every year without your permission.

Once in, your email contacts are all sent the same email as I oringinally received only with your name on it. Fortunatley, most of my friends are smarter than I and delete the mail. However, they keep coming back to haunt you with constant email. I was curious as I received mail saying three people had visited my profile so I thought I would sign up for a month, having used Classmates in the past, which is a good site, thinking this would be like it. Wrong!

I did phone the company and talked to a Myesha. She said she would refund 48.00, and charge me 12 for a monthe. I don't even want a months memebership now. I have to go change all my info at my Credit Union, I was so stressed out over my friends being bothered in my name, and worried about identity theft

Rolando of Miami, FL December 7, 2008

Rolando of Miami FL (12/07/08)
They are buying huge amounts of data from 3rd parties, and offering on their websight to entice other members to join. They then assign a user profile to all the data that they buy, this means you, even though that person has never registered for their service. They also list family members and places lived on the search results as if they had been really supplied by the user. Attempts to remove your name from this list is not possible. If you follow their opt out policy, you must either submit MORE personal information about yourself to their website, which does not make sense if the purpose is to DELETE unauthorized personal information in the first place, or the only other choice is to send a notarized form via snail mail to the address provided.

This is what I did, first via fax, then mail then certified mail. After doing all this they do not respond. I then filed a complaint with TrustE, which is a seal that they proudly display on their web sight. After much contact back and forth, reunion.com did NOT delete my name, but now the search results states USER PROFILE not available I am not and have never been a user. Also, on the initial search screen my name is still listed with places lived, family members, etc. Nothing here has changed. I am still complaining through TrustE but so far their response has been just to rubber stamp any thing reunion.com says.

1. Time and money faxing, mailing, and certified mail expenses. 2. Aggravation from at least 30 Emails to and from reunion and truste with no results. 3. My personal information is still available for anyone, including relatives that might include mother's maiden name information! A serious identity theft risk.

Justin of San Francisco, CA December 4, 2008

Justin of San Francisco CA (12/04/08)
We discovered that our personal information and that of many of our friends and family has been usurped without our knowledge or permission and published on reunion.com and apparently on highschoolalumni.com websites. We were enraged and amazed that these sleazy dataminers would stoop to this and the other unethical practices so well documented here and elsewhere online.

We spent DAYS, seeking contact information for their sleazy business, and calling them and demanding our information be removed. We got a LOT of run-arounds and misinformation, but apparently using magical words like LEGAL CONSEQUENCES and ATTORNEY, etc., will make them see the light and remove your information.

Want to encourage EVERYONE who resents having their privacy violated to contact these people by phone or mail (don't bother emailing them; they'll just harvest more info on you and won't act swiftly to remove your information from their nasty database), and DEMAND that their info be removed immediately. It is, after all, OUR INFORMATION, not theirs. And is it NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION or PUBLIC DOMAIN data! Much of what they have is PRIVATE and they have basically STOLEN IT, through what they call a private third party data broker whom they REFUSE to name. Good luck.

Economic damage: An entire day's long-distance phone calls tring to resolve this matter that was dumped on us by arrogant business practices of reunion.com.

Physical/emotional damage: Lost sleep, stress, high blood pressure, and other health problems caused by the stress of having our private information divulged in a worldwide venue and the anxiety of having our security/boundaries violated.

We still do not know if the UNAUTHORIZED PLUNDERING of our private info has been exacerbated by multiple search engines and other databases exponentially disseminating our information. We also do not know how long this information has been floating around out there, or who all has accessed it. Reunion.com claims they cannot provide that information. They deliberately stonewall the innocent victim's attempts to gather specific details about the extent of the DAMAGES their unlawful use of our information has caused us. They should be SUED.

We strongly URGE all victims of reunion.com and similar dataminers to BAND TOGETHER and get CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS UNDERWAY, to put a stop to this wholesale raping of our privacy in America. Also recommend they all should contact their State Attorney General and register loud complaints over this abuse of their private information. Thank you.

Cindylowney of North Attleboro, MA November 22, 2008

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