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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Io Dodds

You may not know them, but they certainly know you: Inside the dangerous and shady business of data brokers

Julia had been dating her partner for about a month when the abusive phone calls began.

The partner had warned Julia when they got together that he had a stalker: a former girlfriend intent on sabotaging his life. But neither expected the woman to find the phone number for Julia’s family home and threaten her relatives with violence.

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