Am I wrong for expecting my e-mail address not to be shared?

oldfort
Mon, 28 Sep 2015 01:02:24 +0000

Email address is considered as PII (personal identifiable information). Institutions have responsibility to safe guard the information:

The loss of PII can result in substantial harm to individuals, including identity theft or other fraudulent use of the information.

http://www.dol.gov/dol/ppii.htm
Most corporations are very careful about PII. We are required to put additional security around PII data, like encryption, and only allow few designated people to have access to it. Firms have “opt out” program where customers can opt out of giving their PII. My firm can’t even share customer data between different business unit, especially for marketing.
You are not wrong to expect your email not to be shared without your permission.