[9248]

Not accept, but adapt and learn to live with it.

I'm saying this because I don't see any solution. Our data can be sold. Our data can be 'shared' by our less educated friends,etc. Our data can be 'leaked' through all kinds of breaches/hacks/etc from both private companies or even governmental(incompetence, old software).

Treat our public records as public, as an interface to the outer word. Why do we think that our names, emails, phone numbers or addresses are private? What's the point of them being private?

[choosername]

Avoiding abuse, that's the point, obviously. There is sensitive data very susceptible to abbuse, because their privacy is crucial to many privacy schemes, but not well protected.