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Author Topic: Payday Loan w/ Reasonable Privacy Policy?  (Read 296 times)
koroho
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« on: January 19, 2010, 11:30:45 PM »

Howdy,

Does anyone here know of any online fax-free payday lenders that give you your money the same day you apply (or next day at worst) AND have reasonable privacy policies?  I would like to obtain a payday loan, but I am troubled by the privacy policies of most payday lenders.  How's this gem from paydaymax.com:

Unless you opt-out as specified herein, we may share the information with affiliates or other companies for any legal purpose, including developing certain demographic or other models for commercial use.
(At this point, you think you can opt out, and then, closer to the bottom, it says this:)

OPT-OUT RIGHTS
You may opt-out of receiving any communications from us, or our affiliates, by choosing not to submit your information to us. If you do submit your information to us or you do apply for services, you consent to having your personal information transferred to third parties at our discretion.

Now...personal information includes bank account numbers, social security number, date of birth, and all the other goodies someone needs to steal my identity.  The absolutely shocking thing is that most payday lenders have similar privacy policies.  This is quite frankly disgusting and should be strictly prohibited by law.

So...is there a company that won't whore out my information?
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koroho
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 09:13:31 PM »

Are there none at all?
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PMD Financial Group
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 11:17:22 AM »

I don't think you're going to find a PayDay loan lender that isn't going to make you adhere to similar terms.  The info they collect is intended to be used during the collection process.  If you choose not to pay the loan back and they charge off your debt and sell it to someone like me, all that information becomes extremely useful when it comes time to send out the hounds.

Good luck!
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2010, 02:13:12 PM »

It's OK if they ask me for all kinds of private information.  I'm fine with that.  What I'm not fine with is that they can sell, rent, or share my bank account numbers, SSN, name, address, telephone numbers, etc. as they see fit.  This includes marketing purposes.  I would be fine with a lender that says they may share my info with collection agencies solely for the purpose of making a collection if I should default on my loan.
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2010, 02:27:35 PM »

Anderson12, that lender might actually have a reasonable privacy policy.  The fact that it's so short doesn't inspire much confidence in the site, but it might be legit.
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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2010, 04:51:00 PM »

Koroho, I would have to agree with PMD.

Most privacy policies would need to have that particular clause to cover their own interests if you default and that information needs to be sold off to a collections agency.  Unfortunately, most legal documents are made for protection, therefore will not be able to apply "only to this situation" and not another.  Simply for protection of the business entity they will attempt to cover ALL angles.  While it may look as if they can sell your info, that may not be the intent of the disclaimer, it may simply be unavoidable (according to their lawyers).

That said, my advice to you would be to seek out a REPUTABLE on-line lender.  It may take some time, but if you want to avoid you information being sold (one of the lesser evils to avoid, in my opinion) as well as any other on-line lending "horror-stories", then do your homework!! There are reputable lenders out there, but there are also many sites that just sell your application off to a third-party lender, in which case you can have a very difficult time tracking down a "customer service" rep if you have any problems.  Of course, they already have access to your bank account, so the damage is done and they may not be in a hurry to fix it.  Do your homework and avoid this situation if possible.   Grin
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