It's really in everyone's best interest that they protected the information of the user who was performing malicious activity.

Would you want affiliate networks giving away your name, address, phone number, etc. to just anybody… for any reason? I'm glad they took the stance they did, and honestly, if your friend makes thousands of dollars an hour, he should be thankful for what he has, and secure his system better next time.

In my opinion, ML only reached out to you because you blogged about them and they were afraid their repuation was on the line. I think they check publishers blogs (the one you signed up with) on a daily basis to see if you posted anything about them and their company.

I am also starting to notice that ML is participating in spamming. My Affiliate manager keeps emailing several times a day on the "top offers to promote". I don't like any company that uses spam…it means they are unethical.

Another problem I have with ML is that many publishers have blogged about their stats being different from their own 'click' readings, which is a clear sign that ML is involved in 'shaving' or not showing your true earnings by manipulating click stats.

Honestly, I think ML is like other affiliate programs out there. They are NOT honest and money hungry. After a while, they are going to be considered the second "clickbank" if they keep this up!

Totally ignorant to think you are entitled to a person's personal information in this case. If they did give you the name from the first contact, well anyone could contact them with the same story and get names on any publisher they wanted. Privacy is there for a reason, and it sounds like they've changed policies and contacted you several times to resolve the issue via phone and this blog, which is what i would call BENDING OVER ASS BACKWARDS.

I make 3 grand a month from ML and their account managers call me just about every month, for no reason, just asking if there's anything they can do to help. Their payouts are the highest i've been able to find for many offers too, so anyone not using them because of this post is just a fool in my opinion.

Jay