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Got a call from my insurance company today. They're upgrading me to their top tier "product" as I havent ever filed a claim and they're willing to give me max coverage for a reduced price.
Anyhow, in the call the agent says she needs to verify the whereabouts and circumstances of three people who are or were members of my household.
About 10 years ago I bought a house with my girlfriend, we split up about 7 months later and I bought her out of the house. We did a "quit claim" that was filed against the property title. That was that. So I thought.
The three people were her ex-husband from the 1980's...her current husband that she married about 5 years ago, and her sister. None of which who ever lived with me/us in any property that I owned.
But there they were, all nicely linked in.
And according to my insurer, since they have been linked, even though the link is erroneous...they cant be removed. I had to write a letter explaining who they are and why nothing about them has anything to do with me, and really never did. Thats now included in my file.
So I looked at my wifes credit report data real quick. Interesting...her ex-husbands current addresses, and the addresses of his new wife are listed as former addresses of my wife, even though she's never lived in any of those places.
This is why data mining and aggregation are bad. Not because of the privacy issues.
Because its frickin wrong a lot of the time.
What if my insurance rates have been set for the last ten years in accordance with an assumed relationship with these people, one of which I've never even met?
Fortunately they're all nice squeaky clean white collar types and not dirtbags.
Anyhow, in the call the agent says she needs to verify the whereabouts and circumstances of three people who are or were members of my household.
About 10 years ago I bought a house with my girlfriend, we split up about 7 months later and I bought her out of the house. We did a "quit claim" that was filed against the property title. That was that. So I thought.
The three people were her ex-husband from the 1980's...her current husband that she married about 5 years ago, and her sister. None of which who ever lived with me/us in any property that I owned.
But there they were, all nicely linked in.
And according to my insurer, since they have been linked, even though the link is erroneous...they cant be removed. I had to write a letter explaining who they are and why nothing about them has anything to do with me, and really never did. Thats now included in my file.
So I looked at my wifes credit report data real quick. Interesting...her ex-husbands current addresses, and the addresses of his new wife are listed as former addresses of my wife, even though she's never lived in any of those places.
This is why data mining and aggregation are bad. Not because of the privacy issues.
Because its frickin wrong a lot of the time.
What if my insurance rates have been set for the last ten years in accordance with an assumed relationship with these people, one of which I've never even met?
Fortunately they're all nice squeaky clean white collar types and not dirtbags.