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CM Security etc. collect names and numbers from phone address books
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CM Security, Truecaller  and Sync.ME with the “Caller ID & Blocking” feature are collecting and integrating users’ phone address books into a publicly available database. Around 3 billion such numbers and identities are accessible, FactWire has discovered.

CM Security closed down its server database and search engine after the release of report  

Truecaller and Sync.ME allow users to delist their numbers and opt-out of making contact information available for search in the databases. The companies claim they will process such requests within 24 hours. The webpage links are https://www.truecaller.com/unlist and https://sync.me/optout/.

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