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Re:Browsing your website does not mean I want your spam by spacehunt on Monday August 22, 2016 @06:36PM (#12339943)
> It used to be totally fine for one shopkeeper to mention to another that he saw a customer looking for a particular item.

No it wasn't fine at all. I certainly do not expect them to share my contact details without my consent, offline or not.

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Re:Browsing your website does not mean I want your spam by calbear81 on Monday August 22, 2016 @06:52PM (#12340019)
They didn't share your contact information since technically the SPAM came from them (via a technology provider Criteo) so it's still Sears that's owning the communication and responsibility. It's different if let's say you were browsing Sears and then somehow got an ad for the Home Depot.
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Re:Browsing your website does not mean I want your spam by mirimir on Monday August 22, 2016 @07:00PM (#12340053)
> It's different if let's say you were browsing Sears and then somehow got an ad for the Home Depot.

That's close to what happened.

OP got email from Sears, after browsing their site. But OP had never given an email address to Sears. OP had an account with (say) Home Depot. And then Criteo got OP's email address from Home Depot, and provided it to Sears.

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