{"id":1342,"date":"2019-02-11T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T02:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tongwing.woon.sg\/blog\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2019-02-12T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T09:02:05","slug":"cny-promotion-singapore-business-consumer-email-databases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tongwing.woon.sg\/blog\/cny-promotion-singapore-business-consumer-email-databases\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Business & Consumer Email Databases"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is brazen.<\/p>\n

Someone is openly selling aggregated databases<\/a> containing PII (personally identifiable information) of Singaporeans – names, email, mobile, address, company, job title, etc. and even offering a CNY promotion of “only” SGD 688 for a total of 8 databases.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Some of the sample databases<\/a> – which I won’t embed here – are not properly blurred out – you can even make out the name, email, mobile and address of the individual.<\/p>\n

The FAQ says that:<\/p>\n

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Q: Is It Legal To Purchase Databases?<\/p>\n

Yes. It is legal to purchase database for marketing or advertising purposes. All information in our databases are publicly available data which can be found online or offline.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That is blatantly false.<\/p>\n

The organization behind this website claims to be SPADB, which doesn’t appear to be a legitimate company. According to archive.org, they seem to have been operating since 2015. It has another similar looking website<\/a> which sells databases of registered property agents.<\/p>\n

The server hosting the website seems to be based in Singapore, so there’s a possibility that PDPC<\/a> or SingCert<\/a> can do something about it.<\/p>\n

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Singapore’s most comprehensive business & consumer databases with over 1 million contact list. Buy 1 Get 6 Free. 7 databases For just one low price. 100% Lowest Price Guaranteed!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: CNY Promotion | Singapore Business & Consumer Email Databases<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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