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Could your emails be spying on you more than you think? – TechRadar
Experts call for stronger enforcement of regulations to curb use of ‘spy pixels’
A growing number of large brands are now regularly embedding tracking pixels in their emails, in what could be seen as a blatant disregard of privacy rules such as the GDPR.
Brands including British Airways, TalkTalk, Vodafone, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, HSBC, Marks & Spencer, Asos, Unilever, and others were highlighted as offenders by premium email service, Hey, which analysed a cache of emails on the request of the BBC.
“On average, every Hey customer receives 24 emails per day that attempt to spy on…
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