DogsAreEverywhere@feddit.it to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agowhat do companies do with your phone number ?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squarewhat do companies do with your phone number ?DogsAreEverywhere@feddit.it to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
I have a question, what do companies do with your phone number ? can they trace who you are and what you do ?
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIn many places companies are already required to do so on request. Which is why data brokers regularly change their names. If you don’t know who they are, you can’t request your data or ask to have it purged.
minus-squaremiss_brainfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoExactly, on request. But what if we forced them to do so automatically, without it having to be requested? They’d come up with the most wild and hilarious excuses, wouldn’t they
In many places companies are already required to do so on request. Which is why data brokers regularly change their names. If you don’t know who they are, you can’t request your data or ask to have it purged.
Exactly, on request. But what if we forced them to do so automatically, without it having to be requested?
They’d come up with the most wild and hilarious excuses, wouldn’t they