You wrote "Businesses have a legitimate need to market". While I agree that businesses have a need to market, they do NOT have the right to intrude on the consumer by calling me up on the telephone, to sell my contact information, send spam, send credit card offers, etc. I would say that an ethical business would have an opt-in strategy, NOT an opt-out strategy.  I also advocate that any business that sells/buys my name should pay me a royalty.  After all they are trading this information to make more sales - at my expense (I paid for the computer, I pay for the phone, and my time is valuable too).


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