A telemarketer called me at the office today with a pitch for a series of lectures for people aged 50+ - she knew my office number, my age, my marital status and home address. The pitch was for a series of lectures on quality of living.
Her next question was a request to "verify" my personal information.
All kinds of bells went off in my head; She was using a standard MO for phishing personal information. When I asked how they had my age etc,,, she said that the information was provided by the city of Modiin (where we live). Now it began to sound more like a customer data privacy issue.
I asked to be transferred to a supervisor, but she was unable to transfer me to someone who could supply an explanation. The web site - www.club50.co.il doesn't have a privacy statement and contains links to two external web sites that do web development and online content management; the nature of the relationship between Club 50 and the two other companies is unclear.
A phone call to Club 50 yielded little more besides an apologetic answer that the bosses are out.
