Yes, I use Safari! I actually have cookies set as "from current website only" - I wrote the wrong one and edited. I suppose it's possible that one of my contacts entered in my personal email in some new website/app referral and that's how it was mined, but I clear out my cookies fairly often and don't remember clicking on anything in the recent past.
Here is the note on the bottom of the email from Tradesy/Criteo:
To opt-out of receiving Tradesy emails, click here.
This message is personalized by Criteo Email based on your previous browsing behavior. To understand why you received this email and access Criteo Email privacy policy, click here. If you want to opt-out only from Criteo Email personalized emails, click here.
When I went to their email privacy policy, it doesn't explain how they got my email address.
I am very disturbed by this kind of stealth data mining. Is there a way to set up my browser to become more anonymous on the internet? Clearly my ghostery and ad block is not effective. I deleted my Facebook and Linked in after Linked in somehow spammed me to link contacts that I sold random crap to on craigslist (and probably spammed them too.) Somehow they both still deposit cookies. I am willing to pay someone who is familiar with this landscape to block trackers from invading my internetting. Or block websites that use criteo and similar. Is this possible?
I'm not one of those people that wants to go "off the grid". I use credit cards, I use amazon, I know what I'm getting into. It just seems like Criteo has crossed a line.