"By what mechanism are you suggesting this occurs? I can't believe that your bank would simply sell it to whoever asks"
In Europe there are "data protection" laws and what this means is that there is always a checkbox to check before companies could sell your data.
BUT, they try as much as they can to make you check it. If you do you will receive a "gift"(useless piece of crap) or 10 euro discount.
I never do but my mother does and she can't stop receiving junk in the mail box from different parties. My mother always says "how do they know my adress or my age?
Database selling or exchange between companies is routine.
In Europe there are "data protection" laws and what this means is that there is always a checkbox to check before companies could sell your data.
BUT, they try as much as they can to make you check it. If you do you will receive a "gift"(useless piece of crap) or 10 euro discount.
I never do but my mother does and she can't stop receiving junk in the mail box from different parties. My mother always says "how do they know my adress or my age?
Database selling or exchange between companies is routine.