Hilton HHonors - Does Hilton sell our personal info to spammers?

I get a lot of spam addressed with my first and middle name ....I recently noticed that I used my first and middle name for my Hilton web page account user name. As far as I know I have not done this name configuration with any other web site account log in. Is it possible that Hilton has sold my log in name to "others" or are the spammers just picking it up on their own.....?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by david4455:
I get a lot of spam addressed with my first and middle name ....I recently noticed that I used my first and middle name for my Hilton web page account user name. As far as I know I have not done this name configuration with any other web site account log in. Is it possible that Hilton has sold my log in name to "others" or are the spammers just picking it up on their own.....? </font>

Who are your most flagrant "spammers" with that name spelling? My gut is that they are not doing this. My kid gets spammed for stuff and he has a kid account with AOL. This stuff is ruining the e-mail experience.
Hilton like other companies may have even ask for permission to send stuff from partners. What else can we blame Hilton for?



[This message has been edited by Macken7 (edited Dec 07, 2003).]