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>> date of birth, and sex

That's enough to identify people in some zipcodes.




Most people in most zip codes. 70 years * 365 days * 2 sexes = 51,100. The average zip code has about 10,000. Never thought of this before.



I'm pretty sure I didn't give them my birthdate. I also didn't give them my full name. If birthdate is required, I would have given a fake one.

I don't see any reason to give them your exact birthdate.

They could obviously dig into the billing data and get my info, but at least it's not right there together.




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