Can you publish someone's number without their permission?

[kerwinater]

I live in Queens NY. I own 1/2 a house with a few estranged relatives. They placed an ad in the local paper advertising the sale of the house with my phone number. I did not give them permission to do this and now I'm getting a million phone calls about the house.

Was it illegal for them to publish my phone number without my permission?

 

[cbg]

Phone numbers are more or less public information, available to anyone with an internet connection (or a phone book).

There is no law prohibiting someone from publishing public information.

 

[kerwinater]

Thank you. Does is matter if my phone number is unlisted?