Everyone Wants My Personal Information

[Psinter]

*follows contrail*

*tries even harder* *switching to propane gas combustible*

 

[jim hardy]

I love it !

http://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/140113seniorsafealertcmpt.pdf

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVSION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

and STATE OF FLORIDA, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS,
Plaintiffs,
v.

WORLDWIDE INFO SERVICES, INC., a Florida corporation,
also d/b / a THE CREDIT VOICE; ELITE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS INC., a Florida corporation,
also d/b/a THE CREDIT VOICE; ABSOLUTE SOLUTIONS GROUP INC ., a Florida corporation,
also d/b/a THE CREDIT VOICE; GLOBAL INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC ., a Florida corporation,
also d/b / a THE CREDIT VOICE INC.; GLOBAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, INC., aFlorida corporation;
THE CREDIT VOICE , INC., a Florida corporation, also d/b / a TCV; LIVE AGENT RESPONSE I LLC, a Florida limited liability company,
also d/b/a LAR; ARCAGEN ,INC. ,a Florida corporation , also d/b/a ARI;

and so on

i guess enough people complained to move leviathan.

 

[edward]

It is frustrating enough getting about 15 calls a day despite being on the no call list.

Lately I have been getting about four calls a day from, anonymous. I have a cordless phone with voice and text caller ID. It says in it's weird little voice: "call from annogomous".

It butchers the names of my friends too, but they don't call me 15 times a day.

It is bad enough that it mispronounces every blasted name including junk callers, the volume control only turns up the ringer volume. If I want to hear what Ms. weird voice says I have to go into silent running mode just to hear if by some remote chance it may be a call from someone I actually know. vent vent

Back when the thread topic was, retailers asking for our phone numbers, before I changed it. It was and is all about marketing. At first it was just zip codes, then they got really arrogant when they realized that they could compile our entire purchasing patterns with very little information.

 

[Czcibor]

I'm just getting so fed up.

When I go to a store to buy some stupid thing like a pillow, they want to know my zip code or phone number.

When I try to take a tour of a gym nearby, they won't let me unless I give a cell number AND my email address.

And now I try to sign into my old hotmail account and they say I won't be allowed access anymore unless I give them my cell phone number in the next 30 days. Guess that means I won't be using hotmail anymore, and it was my very first email! I've had it for almost 20 years but I DO NOT want to give them my cell phone number!

I'm mad as hell and I won't take it anymore!1

My philosophy is, the relationship between me and a merchant begins when I walk in the door and ends when I leave. Am I the only one who is tired of giving people access to ME?

My father prefers to give instead the post code of one of main TV station (yes, in different city).

Anyway, my e-mail company provides me with aliases generator. I'm usually a bit too lazy to use that all the time, but technically it would be possible to create one alias per company.

 

[jim hardy]

And now I try to sign into my old hotmail account and they say I won't be allowed access anymore unless I give them my cell phone number in the next 30 days.

i'd enter it backwards.

 

[Borg]

i'd enter it backwards.

Unless someone else has that phone number. Then they could hijack your account. Also, the site probably has code to check if the area code and exchange is valid. I know that on many web sites, if I enter an invalid zip code or a zip code that isn't in the state that I entered, it fails. Free email is getting to be less and less free.

 

[mafagafo]

I fill (...) sometimes even false information. I don't feel ashamed at all by this;

I seriously do think that this is a good solution. I have used it sometimes.

 

[m k]

For cheapest plan the google gave 1e/month, shouldn't be too much for junk phone.