What happens when you submit a health insurance quote form?

Your PII—name, phone, health details—gets captured pre-submit by scripts, sold to 73+ parties, triggers calls in minutes.

Do opt-outs stop spam from insurance lead sites?

Phone opt-outs cut calls a bit; emails barely. Resales mean new buyers ignore them. Persistence guaranteed.

Half within 2 minutes, 80% in 24 hours. Up to 1,676 per profile over 60 days.

🔓 Data Breaches

Filling out a health insurance quote? Your data's already sold. Researchers watched it happen in real time across 105 sites.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 4 min read

Data captured and sold pre-submit via scripts and URL leaks to 73 third parties. 𝕏
No buyer verification needed, even for sensitive health info; junk data risks bad underwriting. 𝕏
Calls flood in minutes with spoofing; opt-outs offer limited relief due to resales. 𝕏

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Originally reported by HelpNet Security