It would seem that the Republican members of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives aren't too serious about battling spam, for they have chosen to join the ranks today. I should point out that I am not registered as a republican, yet they chose to target people like me with a spam campaign against the policies of the governor, Ed Rendell.

And to make it even more interesting, there is a tangled web....

The spam includes URLs for www.pahousegopmail.com, a site that is registered to the State Republicans (along with www.pahousegop.com). The privacy statement there says:

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E-Mail Address. We received your e-mail address when you agreed to receive communications from our client and are using that e-mail address to communicate with you. We also collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us by e-mail. Please see the instructions below to review or delete your information or to opt-out of receiving any further communications from us.
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The 'our/ us' in that statement refers to:

ConstituentsDirect.com

aka

AFI Technology
Attn: Constituents Direct
11301 West Olympic Blvd. #497
Los Angeles CA 90064.

And further on top of this, they are tracking who gets the email and opens it via:

http://www.ezmarketer.com/trackpic.cfm?MailingID=<munged>&LeadID=<munged>&Gen=<munged>

This is all very interesting, because, I have NEVER provided the Pennsylvania Republican Party with my email address. Same goes for Constituents Direct. Likewise I have not agreed to receive communications from "their client"!

Yes, I have given it to the state goverment via online income tax preperation and automobile regisistration, but that is with the expressed understanding that it was NEVER shared!

Something is stinky in Harrisburg! Can anyone advise of a nice LART to send?

Tony P


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