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Old May 3, 2023 | 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by LondonCapeTownAnyday
Following a long flight delay last week, and a flight cancellation on Monday night, I received an unsolicited text message today from FlightClaim.me telling me to start a flight claim as a “recent flight was delayed/cancelled and you may be elegible for compensation.”

What’s bothering me is how they got my data

I booked the flights directly on BA.com using avios
I have a Flighty app subscription where the flights were being tracked (but they don’t have my mobile number)

Am I able to find out how FlightClaim got my data? I know you can request the data a company holds on you, but I don’t know whether you can easily find out how they got it?

It’s the principle which really bothers me more than anything
Do you own a smart phone? Have you spoken about your flight delay with your phone nearby? Phones/apps do listen to you and make what they think are helpful (and you think, rightly so, are creepy) suggestions. Any number of apps, the carrier, or the manufacturer themselves, all may have a hand in targeted advertising.
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