How to Tell if a Company Is Selling Your Email Address

Have you ever signed up for a new website and then all of a sudden started getting emails from businesses and service providers you had never heard of? If so, there is a very good chance that your data has been sold.

These days, selling your information to data brokers and other interested parties can bring in a lot of money for businesses because data is a valuable commodity. Although this unwanted spam is bothersome, don’t worry.

We’ll demonstrate how to avoid spam and shady websites in this article. The following method also works with Outlook and iCloud if you don’t use Gmail.

How to identify the parties selling your data

Your personal Gmail address includes numerous versions, which you might not be aware of yet. You can alter your address by simply prefixing “@gmail.com” with a “+” and a word or number. All email sent to this new variation wil

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