They can't share any details about the debt or even that there is a debt. They can until someone takes them to court over it. Having inherited the phone numbe

They can't share any details about the debt or even that there is a debt. They can until someone takes them to court over it. Having inherited the phone number of someone who owed money, and dealt with the fallout from that, I can personally testify that collectors do not consider themselves bound by the law unless/until a court fines them some obscene amount of money.