I put my number in a secure form for a trusted bank and immediately got spammed

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

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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".

...hospitals sell your information, too.

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

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.

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.

...hospitals sell your information, too.

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