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Personal addresses are not public record in the UK for the vast majority of people, and neither are phone numbers

You don't have phone directories?

In Germany you can choose to not be listed in those, I assume it's the same in the UK .

you mean, in the US you can't opt out of them?

When everyone had landlines, I believe you could get an unlisted number for a fee. Very few did AFAIK.

There is no white pages for cellphones but I still get junk calls anyway.

YOu can opt out and many people do (ex-directory)

A majority of people are on the open electoral register.

Is that publicly searchable and re-indexed by third parties in other countries?

It's not publicly searchable, but third parties can just buy a copy. https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/electoral-register/

So that's not the same thing then is it?

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