Abstract: A method of enabling selected users to share contact information, comprising the steps of: an issuing entity issuing, electronic data sharing devices that are either free, subsidized, or bundled with other products or services to a plurality of selected users for the purposes of sharing user related information, wherein the user related information is shared a) between two or more of the users, between one or more of the users and the issuing entity, or with other parties authorized by the users or entity, and b) based on a preliminary, user-to-user initiated, exchange of data between two or more of the electronic data sharing devices or one or more of the electronic data sharing devices and a static or mobile hub configured to operate in the same manner as an electronic data sharing device; a server retrieving the exchanged data from the electronic devices, and providing the exchanged data to the issuing entity to enable the issuing entity to perform one or more of the following steps: i) identify the user r