[samayylmao]

I went to a Gartner conference one year because my work paid for it. RIP my work inbox ever since. my email has been sold and sold over and over again.

Gartner tells you what you probably already knew them sells your information.

[JohnFen]

With the companies I've run in the past, I've set up temporary email addresses for all of my employees going to them, just because of this.

The email addresses are removed a couple of weeks after the conference ends, which gives everyone time to give their actual email addresses to anyone who contacts them that they want to keep talking with.