Why a Supplement Catalog Deserves a Privacy Check In 2023, victims aged 60 and older reported $3.4 billion in losses to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, across 101,068 complaints, with an average loss of $33,915, up roughly 11% on 2022 (FBI IC3 2023 Elder Fraud Report). Nothing in that report points at any …

Your Right to Say No, and What Seroogy's Shares Without Asking Depending on the state you live in, the law gives you the right to stop a company "selling" or "sharing" your personal information for targeted advertising. Seroogy's, the De Pere, Wisconsin chocolatier, spells out why that right matters for its customers. …

What Delphi Glass Does With Your Address, in Its Own Words When you order stained-glass or fusing supplies from Delphi Glass, you hand over exactly what a catalog mailing needs. The company's privacy policy lists the information it collects: your name, shipping address, billing address, telephone numbers, email address …

When a Catalog Mailing List Outlives the Catalog Picture an older adult who ordered once, years ago, from a mail-order sleep-and-bedding catalog — then gets a call from someone who already knows their name, their address, and that past purchase. That prior-purchase detail is what makes the pitch sound legitimate, and …

The Privacy Risk Behind a RadioShack Order Picture a retiree who orders a replacement radio battery or a set of hearing-aid batteries from a familiar electronics brand — a name, a shipping address, and a phone number entered once at checkout. Months later, mail starts arriving from companies that retiree never …

The Privacy Risk Behind an Everlane Account Someone who opens an Everlane account to order a single pair of jeans rarely thinks about where that name and address end up once the package arrives — but the moment an account exists, so does a customer-file record the company controls across its stores, its website, and …

The Privacy Risk Behind a Mosaic Records Order Picture a retiree filling out a mail-in order form for a limited-edition jazz box set — a name, a shipping address, sometimes a phone number, written by hand and mailed off to a company they've never dealt with online. Weeks later, catalogs start arriving from other …

The Privacy Risk Behind a Spring Hill Nurseries Order A gardener fills out a mail order for a handful of perennials — a name, a shipping address, sometimes a phone number and a credit card, entered once to get plants delivered by spring. That order doesn't stay a one-time transaction. Under the terms a retailer sets …

The Gift-Occasion Privacy Risk Behind a GiftTree Order When a company sends a client a holiday gift basket, or a family member orders a gourmet gift box to be delivered to someone else's door, the address that reaches GiftTree frequently belongs to a person who never created an account, never agreed to a privacy …

The Gift-Occasion Privacy Risk Behind a Cookies by Design Order Most catalog mail enters a household's mailing list because the person receiving it placed the order. A Cookies by Design order often works differently — a friend, relative, or employer buys a cookie bouquet or gift tower for a birthday, a new baby, a …