I left items in my shopping cart and then I got an email asking if I’m still interested in buying them. On a course registration page I filled out the form but didn’t click submit and deleted some information. Then I got an email saying I should finish the form and enroll. It seemed creepy since I didn’t submit my email to them at all
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One possibility is that you’ve previously submitted your email to a “partner” or “affiliate” entity, and the TOS of that entity permits them to share your info with whatever site you partially completed. Then when you partially complete a form on that site, it’s already found your info, and knows all about you (it actually knew already, but now it can match what it knows to an on-line visitor). Almost no one reads the TOS, and they are usually more expansive than restrictive.
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