Affiliates (program)

When the affiliate program started and one of the groups I was in the person started sharing and in a way like they had the information and price before anyone else you just had to use the link. Than when that link would not connect I would call HSN and they said and had no clue what I was talking about this was a few years ago as to when began. Now since than I have been told by HSN to not use the links as it is running via a third party and selling your information or potentially and the only safe manner is their site direct or app. They also stated the person who ran the group should have notified every member and that group alone has 5k people in it and they have 2 other groups. I have tried speaking to them about it privately even asking where the privacy policy was as I must have missed it because they do not eveb have a basic one. I am not sure if anyone else knows about this or any comments. This person since trying to speak to them has said things that has hindered my well being while they are scamming people as they now are doing other ways to sign people up as they get paid and so many things as if they were watching someone to come up with a new idea when all they did was copy the couponers and freebies pages and kept HSN and QVC once they were able make money from that.