I have a question, what do companies do with your phone number ? can they trace who you are and what you do ?

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      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.

      • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        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