Did Flowroute sell my email?

[Brickjectivity]

Last Sunday I used an important email address to try to create a flowroute account. Since then I've received a spate of phishing attempts, and someone tried to log in to my FB account, too.

Flowroute sells phone lines that service IP phones. Its supposed to be very big, almost a utility company, and the oldest of the SIP providers.

 

[Orbit]

Last Sunday I used an important email address to try to create a flowroute account. Since then I've received a spate of phishing attempts, and someone tried to log in to my FB account, too.

Flowroute sells phone lines that service IP phones. Its supposed to be very big, almost a utility company, and the oldest of the SIP providers.

Either it's a coincidence, or they sold your email. You'll probably never know.

 

[John53]

Last Sunday I used an important email address to try to create a flowroute account. Since then I've received a spate of phishing attempts, and someone tried to log in to my FB account, too.

Flowroute sells phone lines that service IP phones. Its supposed to be very big, almost a utility company, and the oldest of the SIP providers.

My personal thoughts and I don't have any hard evidence to support it but I think a lot of companies have rogue employees that sell personal information to the highest bidder.

My wife and I have had mobile phones for years and rarely used them, we always gave the land line number to companies, we'd never had a spam call on the mobiles. Last year we got rid of the land line so changed our numbers with banks, doctors etc etc, now spam calls and texts are pretty much a daily occurrence.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Something needs to be done about companies selling people's private information. If they want to do that, then that person should be paid royalties or opt out.

 

[stvdv]

Last Sunday I used an important email address to try to create a flowroute account. Since then I've received a spate of phishing attempts, and someone tried to log in to my FB account, too.

Horrible. I hate spam
Ca. 6 years ago, I got at least 6 spams daily (2000 yearly !!!) and got sick of it, so I found the perfect solution ... 0 spam since then. And even better "IF a company sells my email THEN I know it immediately, and for sure I let them know that I know and that they might not be happy if I spread my knowledge"

Flowroute sells phone lines that service IP phones. Its supposed to be very big, almost a utility company, and the oldest of the SIP providers.

Did Flowroute sell my email?

My guess "YES"

Either it's a coincidence, or they sold your email. You'll probably never know.

Wrong. It's very easy to find out whether they did it or not

 

[ChristineM]

or opt out.

I would prefer "opt in"

When i see the opt out of 3rd party emails box on a website i close the site and they lose my business.

 

[exchemist]

Last Sunday I used an important email address to try to create a flowroute account. Since then I've received a spate of phishing attempts, and someone tried to log in to my FB account, too.

Flowroute sells phone lines that service IP phones. Its supposed to be very big, almost a utility company, and the oldest of the SIP providers.

I would definitely complain to Flowroute about that. It seems most unlikely to be coincidence.

But they should not be selling your personal contact information without your permission. That would be illegal, surely? More likely there is a data breach of some kind. They ought to be just as interested as you in getting to the bottom of it.

 

[Twilight Hue]

But they should not be selling your personal contact information without your permission. That would be illegal, surely? More likely there is a data breach of some kind. They ought to be just as interested as you in getting to the bottom of it.

That's my thoughts. Selling anyone's personal data ought to be illegal.

 

[exchemist]

That's my thoughts. Selling anyone's personal data ought to be illegal.

I don't about other regions but in the EU it most certainly would be illegal, under the General Data Protection regulations.