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Crew Agency Sells Your Information

Discussion in 'Yacht Captains' started by aeronautic1, Jun 4, 2007.

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  1. aeronautic1, Jun 4, 2007
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    aeronautic1

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    Yachties beware. There is a crew agency in Fort Lauderdale who sells their database "to anyone who pays for it."

    I have been spammed several times and when queried, the spammers have indicated this particular crew agency. The agency goes by the initials C.M.

    Make sure that when you fill out a crew agency app and provide things like passport numbers, copies of license/STCW, work history, emergency contact et al, that you ask the agency specifically who gets to view your data.

    I have done an extensive investigation of just this subject and the majority of the agencies I interviewed only allow in-house access to crew information and contact same BEFORE submitting information to a prospective yacht owner.

    In today's era of stolen identification, it would be easy for someone to create a false identity with the information contained in a crew agency data base.
  2. Garry Hartshorn, Jun 4, 2007
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    Garry Hartshorn

    Garry Hartshorn Senior Member

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    I had a similar experiance a couple of years ago a crew agency wanted e-mail address's to check references, which then ended up in the hands of an unscruppless yacht broker who bombarded them with yacht brochures. I will not ever do that again.