Ok, so I have a personal dispute with an employee of a local car dealership. To make a long story short he thinks I owe him money from a place I used to rent from him, and I dont, even the court said so, so he’s pissed. He confrounts me everytime I see him in public (small town) and I even changed my phone number to stop the calls. The car dealership is owned by his Grandfather. A few weeks back I did an online application for a car loan/quote from the dealership. I know it wasnt the best idea but it’s a rural area and there arent really any others. It clearly stated in the dealer’s online website privacy statement that any personal info I gave (phone numbers, address, email addy, ect) would ONLY be used for the purpose of getting me a loan/quote. It also states that no employee of the dealership is allowed to use my personal info for their own personal use. So, i filled that out a few weeks ago and a couple days ago I get an email from this guy. Then phone calls. He even admitted to me that he got my info from that application. This is clearly a violation of the dealerships privacy policy and a violation of my privacy period. I am very upset about this. I have called the police to report the harrassment but they said to just start keeping emails or whatever and let them know if it continues. I also called the owner of the dealership, but since he is the guy’s grandfather I doubt he will do anything. Has anyone had experine with a company breaking your privacy rights? I do not think the dealership should get away with it. What should I do? What am I compensated to? ( and no Im not looking for a way to weasel money out of anyone or anythig like that). I did file a complaint with the better business bureau today online but that will take a few days to go through. Any advice or ideas will be much appreaciated. Thank you
in response to the second answer down, I realise that it’s not a "contract" but privacy policies are supposed to be there for a reason…if companies can get away with that..why even bother having the privacy policy in the first place? Also, does anyone know of a good lawyer for something like this? I live in Vermont
also, got another email at about 10 am this morning from this guy saying that he’ll see to it that i never get a car loan from anyone (i know he cant do that, but still)…also he said in the email that he knows where i live so watch it
