# Creepiest examples of internet tracking?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-examples-of-internet-tracking/1001969 "2024-05-23T14:04:55Z")\
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OK, here’s one where I’m unsure precisely how they tracked me. I just started seeing begging ads from my undergraduate alma mater. I think they might have my email address on file, if they actually corrected it after five times in a row of calling to “confirm my contact information” with a wrong address… but can advertisers see my email address? Well, I guess Google can… I’m not sure if it was a Google ad.

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