Area code blocked for privacy but it is spoofed from my phones number which I have not lived there in many years

  • @cordlesslamp
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    3 days ago

    Banks and hospitals sell your information, too.

    When my wife gave birth to our son at the hospital, I have to put down my phone number as part of the check in form. Immediately the next day I got call for “Home care services for new mom and baby”.

    • @yannic@lemmy.ca
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      333 days ago

      …hospitals sell your information, too.

      I feel so sorry for those of you living in places with for-profit healthcare.

    • @irotsoma@lemmy.world
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      93 days ago

      Oh totally. But they don’t sync that information “immediately”. Nor would they ever want to because then the user would know that’s where the information came from.

      • @cordlesslamp
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        33 days ago

        I don’t think they really care if it’s not actually illegal.

        Or they could sell the data in bulk. And the day I put in my number just happens to be the day they sell their database.

    • @yannic@lemmy.ca
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      13 days ago

      …hospitals sell your information, too.

      I feel so sorry for those of you living in places with for-profit healthcare.