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The article gave gave an example of 'Rewards program' of a company. Using that example, most rewards program give you the option not to receive 'promotional ema
by NearAP 11y ago
The article gave gave an example of 'Rewards program' of a company. Using that example, most rewards program give you the option not to receive 'promotional emails' from them. Does this mean such companies will also not upload to Google, the email of someone who has opted not to receive promotional emails? If the companies don't do that, how can a user 'opt out' of not receiving such targeted advertising?
- bamboo_7 11y agoDoesn't mean that at all. Reward program would just be an example of a not-necessarily-web company that has a list of customer emails. Nothing prevents them from adding your email to that list. The scary thing is this means Google is targeting and following us on an account basis, not just an anonymous advertiser id. If only there was some universally accepted 'do not track' feature....
- NearAP 11y agoI'm curious - is there any statistic around the number of people who browse while signed in to their google accounts?Personally, I don't do that. I make a conscious effort to be signed out when browsing but I've always wondered if majority of people are like me
- magicalist 11y ago> The scary thing is this means Google is targeting and following us on an account basis, not just an anonymous advertiser id this is only for "Google Search, YouTube, and Gmail"
- eli 11y agoThis isn't about sending emails. It's about Google AdWords display ads. I think it's technically possible to "hide" individual advertisers, but the short answer is: no, the company is under no obligation to stop showing web ads to people who previously said they don't want emails.