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Does anyone know how Hastings Direct did this?
Chappers27
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At 3.55pm today I got an email from Hastings Direct with the subject line "Getting a new car? Here’s something worth knowing…".
Today I have been browsing Autotrader. How can Hastings Direct possibly know that I have been looking at cars, and doesn't that constitute a massive breach of privacy? Furthermore, there was NO unsubscribe link on the email.
I am peeved.
Today I have been browsing Autotrader. How can Hastings Direct possibly know that I have been looking at cars, and doesn't that constitute a massive breach of privacy? Furthermore, there was NO unsubscribe link on the email.
I am peeved.
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Could be a co-incidental spam message, or something you have inadvertently agreed to with Autotrader (ie allowed them to pass your details to their "associate companies")0
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Daughter is with the Hastings group and she got the same email, she is not looking for another car.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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Got an email two days ago from Hastings and I've not been looking at cars,
This was the subject of the email.
Getting a new car? Here’s something worth knowing…
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Chappers27 wrote: »At 3.55pm today I got an email from Hastings Direct with the subject line "Getting a new car? Here’s something worth knowing…".
Today I have been browsing Autotrader. How can Hastings Direct possibly know that I have been looking at cars, and doesn't that constitute a massive breach of privacy? Furthermore, there was NO unsubscribe link on the email.
I am peeved.
How could they get your email address from your "browsing"? Just a coincidence and that's why they do it - if they sent out 1 million emails you can be certain that some of those people will have been looking at buying a car.All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.0 -
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Chappers27 wrote: »Ah OK. Amazingly strange co-incidental email then. Thank you folks.
It would appear so as I received the email but have no intention of changing my car.
I was also annoyed by the lack of an "unsubscribe" link as the email indicated that to change the mailing options you have to log into your account which I didn't have time to do (as this means digging out a file and looking up the login details).0 -
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