Seriously, SDN?

[phltz]

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Members do not see this ad.

Why the hell am I getting spam email from the Princeton Review sent to the email address I gave SDN? I absolutely did not sign up for this ****.

 

[orthomyxo]

Whoa whoa whoa....is that why I get those emails?? (srs)

TPR fills my spam box!!

 

[aSagacious]

It's called a spam filter...

(and before you start whining about what SDN does to make money, would you rather have a recurring membership fee instead?)

 

[chrisoc13]

It's called a spam filter...

(and before you start whining about what SDN does to make money, would you rather have a recurring membership fee instead?)

Yes.

 

[hydro4404]

I hate it when places give away your info without telling you (well maybe they did in the user agreement when I signed up but who reads that anyway)

My bank PNC (crappy bank that it is) does the same stuff... god knows how many "capital one" mailings I get each month in my name to my brand spankin new apartment.

 

[Catalystik]

Why the hell am I getting spam email from the Princeton Review sent to the email address I gave SDN? I absolutely did not sign up for this ****.

Under My Account > Your Profile > Edit Your Details, did you check "No" in the "Partner Emails" box?

 

[gettheleadout]

I'm reluctant to believe SDN would give our info away without consent.

 

[chrisoc13]

I'm reluctant to believe SDN would give our info away without consent.

Believe it, because they do.

 

[phltz]

Under My Account > Your Profile > Edit Your Details, did you check "No" in the "Partner Emails" box?

I checked "No". It was never anything other than "No".

 

[gettheleadout]

Believe it, because they do.

Can you prove this?

 

[phltz]

Can you prove this?

The specific email address I registered my SDN account with was only ever used to register my account on SDN. It was never used for any other purpose anywhere ever. Today I got an email from the Princeton Review shilling some crap sent to my SDN-only email address.

 

[Sesom]

I've never gotten any emails from SDN. My school on the other hand...

 

[gettheleadout]

The specific email address I registered my SDN account with was only ever used to register my account on SDN. It was never used for any other purpose anywhere ever. Today I got an email from the Princeton Review shilling some crap sent to my SDN-only email address.

I would say the address was picked up by some bot on your computer/browser before I'd blame SDN for selectively giving away email addresses of members to advertisers.

 

[LuciusVorenus]

It's probably SDN's way of telling you you need a higher MCAT score.

 

[BJJ]

I would say the address was picked up by some bot on your computer/browser before I'd blame SDN for selectively giving away email addresses of members to advertisers.

I doubt it because I got the exact same email and don't usually have spam on this email.

 

[gettheleadout]

I doubt it because I got the exact same email and don't usually have spam on this email.

Well, this is embarrassing...I go check my Spam folder on my GMail account and there's the TPR email

Efficient spam filters ftw? Or SDN ftl?

 

[RookTookIt]

Eh, I got that email today too, but I'm not so sure it's through SDN. I also received it at a work email that I have never ever ever used to sign up for anything.

 

[Pons Asinorum]

It's probably SDN's way of telling you you need a higher MCAT score.

 

[Lee]

SDN does not sell member email lists. We do occasionally allow active sponsors to send emails to those members that have specifically opted-in to receive mailings. These lists can only be generated by an SDN Admin and are only allowed to be used for a specific campaign -- sponsors do not have any access to our member database.

We're going to investigate this to determine how their mailing list was generated.

 

[NickNaylor]

SDN does not sell member email lists. We do occasionally allow active sponsors to send emails to those members that have specifically opted-in to receive mailings. These lists can only be generated by an SDN Admin and are only allowed to be used for a specific campaign -- sponsors do not have any access to our member database.

We're going to investigate this to determine how their mailing list was generated.

Detective Lee on the case.

 

[BJJ]

uh oh.....someone's gunna get backtraced; GO CYBER POLICE