WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU VOTE!

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WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU " VOTE! " with Chase or Pepsi for your favorite

non-profit to help them raise money. While these campaigns are marketed as

" voting " competitions, their primary function is to harvest email addresses and

names from " voting " participants for purposes of building marketing databases

for email spamming.

When you vote, your email address and information will go into a database which

will then be used to send you out marketing emails which may or may not come

from the original campaign marketer (Pepsi, Chase, etc.). There is nothing

inherently wrong with giving up a little of your privacy in support of your

favorite non-profit. But this should not be hidden in privacy fine print and

disguised as voting " that doesn't cost a thing " . It sure will cost you your

privacy and you should know that upfront. And one would think that your favorite

non-profit should not have to rely on stealth marketing to raise money from

their beloved supporters.