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Possible Scam, Should I Respond to This - Zoominfo
I got an email from a company called Zoominfo. They are not related to Zoom videoconferencing. Basically they are notifying me about collection of my personal information. I've learned that what this company does is scrape the internet collect info about people, and package & sell it to telemarketers, b2b sales, etc. It opens up a page on their site where it says I can access my collected data after they verify me, or I can request deletion from their database.
They give a flow chart on what happens if I request deletion. The very last item on the flow chart is they send a request to Google to remove my profile from their search engine. But I don't want to remove myself from Google. I don't know if this means they will request google to delete everything of mine??? It might mean they tell Google to remove my Zoominfo profile from the search engine but I'm not sure. Has anyone ever dealt with this company?
They may have gotten my info from LinkedIn or from a resume I sent. As I understand it, if you email someone who has the Zoominfo app connected to their Outlook or contacts then zoominfo grabs your info as well.