At 08:31 AM 2/08/2013, Tom Worthington wrote:
>That makes me feel good, but when I placed my cursor over the AEI web
>address in theit email to vote,a different web address appeared
>("http://australianethical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02761e9...";).
>
>Is it ethical for a company, particularly one with a strong emphasis on
>ethics, to track its shareholders in this way?I doubt they are tracking your use other than keeping their mailing list accurate. This is one of those 3rd party email services that even the Commonwealth Govt agencies use to outsource email management. What makes me angry is that they hide the fact that the links are going via a 3rd party, too, by hiding the link behind the text instead of showing the actual link. The worst ones are where they show one link in the text and then have a different link embedded behind it. I too object when I find this problem from those agencies, often forgoing getting their emails if possible and making a stink that they need to show on their subscription area on their website that they at least inform the subscriber that a 3rd party off-shore company will be doing this. That is a bit closer to user consent, instead of hiding the fact. You at least know about it so you can decide to give your email over by subscribing or not. It wouldn't surprise me if you look at the full header info that the messages are also coming from that list-manage.com source. You might try telling the investment company they should lift their game, but I doubt you'll get them to change their strategy. It's probably a decision from their IT department. Even one of the most security conscious Cwlth agencies didn't think it was an issue, which it wasn't, for *them*. Jan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/ business: http://www.janwhitaker.com Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. ~Madeline L'Engle, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
