Here's a little more information about Amazon and email addresses which sheds a some light on the topic. This information isn't from an official Amazon or Target source, just from public comment but it seems to say that Amazon isn't selling our email addresses but that they share our tracking cookie data - and we all know how prevalent that is on the internet. .................from the Amazon forum............ Posted on Mar 1, 2011 1:43:37 PM PST PF says: They don't sell emails, but they do share tracking cookie data with their third party affiliates and partners. Target and Google are probably the biggest examples in addition to the Square Trade example L. Leverton posted above. Those companies will share Amazon's tracking cookies and know your browsing and purchase history unless you specifically opt out. You are not identified by name, address, financial data or email in those cookies. There is just a tracker showing that one computer user searched or bought certain items. The activity is not logged to a specific person, just the hardware you are using. So Amazon does not supply them with your email address, but the Amazon tracking cookies have logged your IP address and a few other encrypted identifiers. If you have existing business relationships with those adverting partner sites, they have enough data to send targeted advertising to the email address you have on record with that company. You can opt out of personalized advertising services so that affiliates and third parties do not get your tracking cookie information: http://www.amazon.com/gp/advertising/oo/ref=ya_64 If you use Gmail, you also have to tweak the advertising settings on their end. Amazon uses Google Analytics as one of their personalized advertising partners. Just by using Amazon's site, you give permission for Google to track your browsing and purchase history. You have to opt out of allowing Google to forward offers from their own third party advertising partners to a Gmail account. http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/ ......................................................... NPR had an informative (and scary) segment a few months on how companies track and store our data. Google is notorious for this. I know how limited I am to avoid all of this. So from my end I follow the normal precautions - select good passwords, change them regularly, monitor my credit cards etc. And while I have a debit card I don't use it or carry it. Maire Here is a link that might be useful: Amazon group discussions This post was edited by maire_cate on Sat, Jan 18, 14 at 14:00

"If I went there and you were talking about me that way (even if you did think I was mean, lol), I'd die of humiliation and embarrassment! And I'd probably cry too" Oh for cripes sake Oakley - this is a MESSAGE BOARD! You don't know these people? Why on earth would you cry over something said on a message board???!!! You need to quit bringing up your old threads, and referring to being singled out, cliques, etc. This thread has gotten so out of hand, it's not even funny. Linking to other board threads, calling each other names, bringing up posters who no longer post here, being suspicious of a husband because of this thread? Absolutely ridiculous. Does all the old crap really need to be rehashed again? I cannot wait till this post reaches its limit. I, too, came here this morning with the intention of wishing everyone a happy Easter, but that seems almost funny now. On the other hand, maybe it is sad . . . tina

I had a call from a public service research bureau recently, whose principles I support, asking for a donation - not deductible, as they're labelled an "advocacy" group, rather than a "charitable" one. I listened for a bit, and told the person on the phone that, while she appeared to be legit., that to continue the call would not be useful to her, as I never give out card information over the phone. She was from a call centre, not a volunteer directly connected with the organization, by the way - so they'd have got a portion of the proceeds. Do you figure that when you're dealing with credit card info, e.g. checking account balances, changing PIN numbers, online, that your activities are secure?? One credit union charges me $2.00/mo. for account report because I won't let them send my report online. The other doesn't - banks don't (so far): stockbrokers, either. Church pension comes to my account online, gov't. wants to send my gov't. pension online, plus income tax refund ... and there's some talk of them requiring that our income tax be filed online soon. Have you received info online that there's something wrong with your bank account, PayPal account, etc., and to click here to get it straightened out? You're not going to tell me that you did, are you? Granted, such messages are initiated by others, not you, so it makes it somewhat easier for them to play nefarious games with them. ole joyfuelled ... with a bit of assistance in the "joy" department from paying for purchases with cash ... ... well, if not in the "joy" ... would you buy "unworried"?

"WDCCruise: That's a mistake. If you do that, the dishwasher's sensor will sense that the dishes are clean and weaken the wash cycle accordingly." F&P DishDrawers don't have soil sensors. @ZoeyWard, what do you figure is the source of the filthy, moldy residue if you're rinsing off all the food soil before loading? Perhaps you need to try a different detergent? The product you're using may have an incompatibility with your water conditions. Are you using primarily the Fast cycle? These are old pics that were posted to other discussion boards years ago, examples of what I put into my unit.