Stupid policies, part 2
From Declan McCullagh's politech list: Ticketmaster will not allow you to opt-out of third party information sharing (translation: selling your name to spammers) if you buy tickets from them online:
By purchasing a ticket, or completing a registration form so that you are able to access a purchase page for a ticket, to a concert, game or other event on the Site, you consent (i.e., you opt-in) to us sharing your personal information with the venues, promoters, artists, teams, leagues and other third parties associated with that concert, game or other event ("Event Partners"). We cannot offer you a separate opportunity to opt-out, or not to consent, to our sharing of your personal information with them. Event Partners may use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies, and may consequently use your personal information to contact you and may share your personal information with others. You will need to contact those Event Partners who contact you to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them.
This is just bad whichever way you look at it. It also pretty much guarantees that I will never buy tickets from them, online or offline. I'm sure that's not the result they wanted. But it's pretty much the only vote you've got when it comes to lousy service.
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