You said 'using' or 'sending to' which imply that by my action I somehow consented to be tracked by using email as it was designed to be used. But there is also

You said 'using' or 'sending to' which imply that by my action I somehow consented to be tracked by using email as it was designed to be used. But there is also received from, i.e. I receive a message from a gmail user and now Google associates my address with some advertising keywords.