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Re:Google Shared My Phone Number by pqkejfjcosp on Monday May 26, 2025 @04:00AM (#44095092)
Because it's Google. Do you have a couple million dollars to spare?

This is a government-level issue. It's a clear breach of gdpr, but I get the feeling this guy is in America.

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Re:Google Shared My Phone Number by Dan-Q on Monday May 26, 2025 @04:10AM (#44095145)
Post author here. Nope, I'm in the UK, and therefore covered by the DPA2018 (which is basically the copy-paste version of the GDPR that the UK government made post-Brexit).
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Re:Google Shared My Phone Number by harvey9 on Monday May 26, 2025 @04:39AM (#44095316)
It was post the leave vote but still during EU membership, and still on the statute books.
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