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I believe small vendors need it to verify that you really are the owner of the CC (it's a requirement of the processor).
Phone numbers are not required for credit card processing. Address, yes. Phone, no.
I get that data breaches are their own class of problem, but I do find it ironic that people gave their contact/sales info to a company headquartered in Shenzen and have any expectation of data protection/privacy.
Because American companies definitely don’t sell your data.
American system is driven by rule of laws. Legislature and Judiciary are two independent branches. It is not like China where Executive says something and then Judiciary is scared to act against it because, tomorrow, they may end up in a training camp.