From de23967b7ecdc826ae59a4efc748f8c69ad9d582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 16:48:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add FAQ for number removals (#1720) * Add FAQ for number removals Someone reported this recently and filing through Issue Tracker will anonymize the report. * clarify example number usage --- FAQ.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 695a0dbc9..ecb5343ed 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -398,3 +398,14 @@ group](https://groups.google.com/group/libphonenumber-discuss): readdir instead of readdir_r * [#1555](https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/issues/1555) to allow Windows to build cpp library with pthreads for multi-threading + +### How to remove a specific example number? + +We supply example numbers as part of the library API. While we aim to have numbers +that are either explicitly allocated by the country as a test number, or look +fictitious (e.g. 1234567) we also need these numbers to validate correctly. +This means we sometimes have numbers that do connect to a real person. + +If we by chance have actually listed your real number and would like it removed, +please report this through Google's new [Issue Tracker](http://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192347). +Only our internal team will have access to your identity (whereas GitHub usernames are public).