although, it does make one go "hmmmmm" if they kept your phone #, especially if you were a one-time visit, how much other information did they keep?
Originally Posted by kittyloveratx
One way to be certain of that is to control how much information you give them. I can't blame the providers for keeping your (hobby) number, it's there on their phone, when you call them, and not taking the effort of deleting it is fine by me. If you give them more than that, understand that some providers may not take your need for discretion to heart.
Some may store it on their computers, and they may not be savvy enough to secure it in the manner you think is safe. Some may store it in their phone, and phones get lost, stolen, thrown away. Some may store it in a little book, I think Heidi Fleiss had one, and they get lost, stolen, thrown away, or confiscated, etc..