I registered a company, and within 24 hours, our private information was clearly accessed or leaked. Soon after, we were swamped with unsolicited calls and emails from banks. But what really crossed the line? Kotak Mahindra Bank sent representatives to my home.
They didn’t have my number – but they still made it to my doorstep. How?
They were granted entry through the Mygate app, falsely marked under “bank appointment,” which my mother-in-law gave entry to since I was on a call, believing it was something official.
They came up and then asked my mother-in-law for my contact details. When I walked out of my meeting and confronted them, they said they tried my number and it didn't connect. They never had my number in the first place. They just had an address from their data bank.
This is not just overzealous marketing. This is a disturbing breach of privacy, data misuse, and a complete overstep of personal boundaries.
To the Ministry of Corporate Affairs – how is company registration data being accessed and used this freely? To Kotak Mahindra Bank – how is this acceptable sales behavior? Ajay Mittal Amol Rane Ashok Vaswani
Even if I wanted to, how do I work with institutions that operate like this?
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