I've never "consented" to "releasing" my address publicly, but real estate records are public information thus the real estate I own is easily queried from my town's website and the real estate transaction was published in all the local newspapers. You can even look up my property tax bills from the towns website and my payment history of said taxes. If you're feeling generous you can also pay my property taxes online too.
Is the list of doctors you visit private? I could probably discover such information, but it is considered private.
Your address is usually public unless you go to lengths to obfuscate it. You can go to Hollywood and get a map of where all the movie stars live. And, the white pages list your phone number unless you opt out.
Birthday has never been publicly available until this voter data leak. Not good.
Yes, this is explicitly protected by law.
>I could probably discover such information
No you can't get this information, and certainly not legally.
>Your address is usually public
Exactly but I never "gave my consent to release my address," it just is.
>Birthday has never been publicly available until this voter data leak.
Open up a newspaper or open up yourlocalpaper.com There's a whole birth announcements section!
How do you think the RNC got this information in the first place? Public records. The RNC is NOT the government.
I imagine they used campaign dollars to buy the information from private companies with whom you've done business. Maybe legally, maybe not.
The RNC certainly isn't offering up such information as to where they sourced the data they leaked.