Phone calls from rummy affiliates?

[PokerMaster]

Hi
I have not heard of "rummy affiliates" nor have I visited their website either. Today however someone managed to get my parents phone number and phone them up looking for me (my mum thinks its all a bit strange) and it has caused a bit of tension. Is this legal?

[alexpratt]

This doesn't seem right at all - The guys Rummy Affiliates are always keen but I haven't seen reports on this before. They are certified on CAP so maybe post in their forum or contact them and find out exactly where they got yoru details.

I am not sure about the legality of the situation especially as they are based in another country. I saw you are in the UK, so you can put your number on a list which means you won't receive cold calls and if a company does break this they get in all sorts of trouble.

[ironDukeColin]

hi

According to what I know, this is not legal in any way to solicit to non members of a group...

What coompanies tend to sometimes do is contact existing members and or affiliates to try and get better conversions, but this is normally stated on websites..

I had a similar problem with canbet a while back who also contacted my parents, and still dont know how they managed to get their number...

Best

Colin
ironduke.com

[koubaoshuang]

surprise.

[PokerProp]

Sounds like data adhesion

Did either of you have an account at Pinnacle Sports, they are usually the source or involved somehow in most complaints like this.

[PokerMaster]

My mums number on the list which means you won't receive cold calls, she said the guy had an american accent. I have never heard of Pinnacle Sports, my parents do not use online gambling. She said his name was Yohavf or somethng like that.

I realise now that he most likely got the number from whois records, I still lived with my parents when I registered some of my sites way back and have never changed it.