HD sent me a email two days ago warning me that, with the recent breach, the bad guys had accessed a file that contained my email address...and to be careful of nefarious offers from strangers.
I replied...”You guys are really on the ball. The breach occurred over two months ago and you’re just now sending me an email. Thanks a lot.”
LOL.
My email address is so simple that I get spam from everyone on the planet. I'd never know if HD gave my address to someone because the programs that auto-generate addresses comes up with mine in about 2 seconds.
I have great spam filters. Sometimes they are a little too aggressive. Even after dropping several hundred a day, I still end up getting a few a week that make it through to the quarantine level that I glance at before deleting.. Not enough to worry about though.