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More Stores Asking for Customers' Phone Numbers

More stores are asking for phone numbers or other personal information, and that has some privacy experts concerned. Some say that data companies are trying to get customers acclimated to more invasions of privacy. Privacy advocates advise against revealing such information, because it can be the key to accessing more sensitive information about you.

Why Do They Want My Phone Number?, ABC News, December 16, 2005.