Why are my contacts on my PC appearing on my iphone?

Does anyone know why my iPhone is showing contact groups from my computer's Outlook email? Many of my contacts & birthdays etc are now duplicated in my contacts on my iPhone & iPad?

Hi Tigger1961,
Have you recently setup iCloud or changed the way you sync contacts?
Check out this article.
If you see duplicate calendars or events after setting up iCloud Calendar
And insure you don't sync contacts with both iTunes and iCloud.
If iTunes 10 and iCloud are both set to keep calendars up to date, consider updating to iTunes 11 or later. Starting with iTunes 11, it's not possible to use both methods at the same time.
Best regards,
Nubz

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