Transfer phone numbers to other companies for marketing purposes
A week ago I applied to switch to Telstra from another operator, but my operator's offer was more tempting in the end and I stayed with it, I didn't switch to Telstra. I did not sign. Today I get a call from an investment company (tel. No. 66555073) and offer marketing services to which I ask them where my number is from? In return, I receive an answer that they have been given my number by Telstra. When contacting Telstra about why my number is being sold / transferred to third parties, operator Kate said in return that nothing is done, I very much doubt that she knows the truth about where all the numbers go if she doesn't even know if my number is stored in the database or not... In the context of the general data protection regulation, Telstra is not entitled to do this without my consent, but it turns out that they do not care.
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