Tuesday 2 July 2013

7 ways telemarketers get your cell phone number

http://techland.time.com/2013/07/02/7-ways-telemarketers-get-your-cell-phone-number/ / mobile land line inundated calls telemarketers phone registered FTC National Do Not Call Registry regulations limit ways debt collectors companies selling pester you your thinking grounded in reality marketer market sell selling growing number tele telemarketing companies don’t care lists list legislation harass you unwanted calls texts your mobile phone tech analyst recently estimated 100 billion robocalls lacking human being other end other solicitations U.S. US U.S.A. USA telemarketers your phone number overshare your number anytime you fill out a form contest entry warranty registration signup form online service you include your social networking profile opening yourself up solicitations retailers your number loyalty points to score discounts in-store credit in store phone number email signature can put you at risk form supplying your information chance that policy stating protect protection protected Jonathan Sasse, CMO PrivacyStar app block numbers Android smartphone report abusers government accept Terms of Use without reading or understanding them growing number mobile apps—things like flashlight utilities or games really only interested harvesting your personal information and selling it becomes scraping device your contacts information signed up information you’re providing accept whatever terms you just put in front of me big data has killed privacy brief primer age computers are so smart fast crawl the web look billions data points instantly look everything Like pin tweet mine census data and public records how much you paid for your house foreclosed upon search for yourself on Pipl.com number companies claim have information family income phone number information share online technology credit bureaus give away your information charities philanthropic /