C2it. --------- No Thanks

C2it. Yes, they c2it that your info will be sold/shared to/with non affiliated third parties.

C2it is the latest rip off of PayPal.

READ their privacy policy BEFORE you sign up:
https://www.c2it.com/C2IT/privacypromise.jsp

If you are considering signing up note they want all your personal info
(DOB, SS#, home address, etc).

Note: One of the FASTEST going crimes in the U.S. is identity theft.

AFTER you sign up, thereby agreeing that they can do just about whatever they want
with your info, you can then tell them to take you OFF these lists (or whatever).
One option to stop this is to print out a form and mail it to them.
Read the privacy notice. What a joke.

The idea is they want to do whatever they want with your info
and you can not stop it before it starts (stop it as in AFTER it has started).

High lights of the privacy notice:

Our Mailing and Telemarketing Lists

We would like to keep you informed about promotional
offers from our affiliates and from nonaffiliated third parties.

Sharing with Citigroup Affiliates

The law allows us to share with our affiliates any information about our transactions or experiences with you. Unless otherwise permitted by law, we will not share with our affiliates other information that you provide to us or that we obtain from third parties (for example, credit bureaus)

Categories of Nonaffiliated Third Parties
To Whom We May Disclose Personal Information

Nonaffiliated third parties are those not part of the family of companies controlled by Citigroup Inc. We may disclose personal information about you, to the following types of nonaffiliated third parties:

* Financial services providers, such as companies engaged in banking, credit cards, consumer finance, securities, and insurance,
* Non-financial organizations, such as companies engaged in direct marketing and the selling of consumer products and services.

---> so after C2it sells/shares your info with insurance companies, banks, etc you can then be taken off these lists? Why do you have to be ON the lists in the first place? How about asking if you WANT to be on them BEFORE you are put on them?

When Citibank shares personal information with the Citigroup family of companies it can make it easier when you apply for accounts or services from these companies. In addition, sharing personal information can help you receive timely notice about products, services or other special offers that may be of interest to you from companies in the Citigroup family or from nonaffiliated third parties.

---> Oh, well, this will make it easier for people to buy non solicited items? Oh good.

My favorite:
"We will tell customers in plain language, initially and at least once annually, how they may remove their names from marketing lists. At any time, customers can contact us to remove their names from such lists." Why not tell them how to do this BEFORE It starts and BEFORE the info is given out?

Note, again: One of the FASTEST growing crimes in the U.S. is identity theft.

Here's HelloSimplyMusic's privacy policy (wow, it's LESS than 20 pages long!):
We don't give your info to ANYONE or ANY COMPANY
EXCEPT when verifying with *YOUR* credit card company and the shipping agent.

Also, I have to seriously question how reliable this service will be.
Ever use your Citi Bank Visa/MC twice in one day at a gas station?
Twice in the same store the same day? They frequently put accounts on hold until you verify it's still in your possession when this happens. They also do this when using your account out of your regular area (where on the NET is your regular area????). Travel? I suggest not putting your rental car on your Citi Bank card. Get that out of the area spot and they often freeze your account until you can verify it (lots of fun when arriving on that red eye flight to a non U.S. country....). Equally fun at the gas station. Who needs this annoyance with an online pay service? Take a road trip only with your Citi Bank card and you better be sure to also bring your cell ph.
They say they are "looking out for you". BS. They are looking out for THEMSELVES. Credit card loss effects them, not you.

I expect C2it to be the same nonsense, and after reading this "privacy notice" I already see it
(plus the service itself is lacking many of the features that other online services offer, including ease of use and sign up).

Yes, out of the 245,000 transactions PayPal does daily less
than 1/1000 of 1% might have a problem. Damn good odds!

We have already terminated our C2it account.