How do websites know when my form is incomplete and send me reminder emails to finish?

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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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You know how when you start googling something, it immediately autocompletes your search query? That’s because it doesn’t wait until you click submit to send your query; it listens to every character you enter and sends it to the server, so the server can immediately respond with autocomplete options.

Did you fill out the e-mail and then delete it? The same thing that happens with Google happened when you wrote your e-mail.

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