Data Collection Isn’t New
At this point, most of us are accustomed to our personal information being collected and sold by marketing companies. But sometimes they reach too far.
A telemarketer for an IT-related service called me today to try and get My IT Guy, as a Managed Services provider, to buy their product. That’s not unusual. I get too many of those calls as is.
However, this one stood out because they had called my PERSONAL CELL, which isn’t plastered on any My IT Guy-related pages, or anywhere public facing (as far as I can tell).
I asked how she got my number and she said they buy some of their info from zoominfo.com…