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Digi-Key has changed and it is not very good
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james_s:

--- Quote from: St66666 on October 17, 2022, 05:39:06 am ---I beg to differ. They have it in their privacy policy.
https://www.digikey.com/en/help/privacy

on that page you can find this:

Information that we obtain from third party sources

Our website may contain links to third party websites, embedded content that comes from or relates to third party websites and services, and buttons from third party websites and services (such as social media sharing buttons). From time to time, we may receive personal information about you from third party sources.

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In short, it means they advertise on social media, and may get affinity data and click/view metrics from the social media services they advertise on in order to determine the efficacy of their ad campaigns. In other words, they do what pretty much every single other company in the developed world does, and they are kind enough to inform you. If you don't like this, don't use the internet.
Zoli:

--- Quote from: james_s on October 17, 2022, 07:34:20 am ---
--- Quote from: St66666 on October 17, 2022, 05:39:06 am ---I beg to differ. They have it in their privacy policy.
https://www.digikey.com/en/help/privacy

on that page you can find this:

Information that we obtain from third party sources

Our website may contain links to third party websites, embedded content that comes from or relates to third party websites and services, and buttons from third party websites and services (such as social media sharing buttons). From time to time, we may receive personal information about you from third party sources.

--- End quote ---

In short, it means they advertise on social media, and may get affinity data and click/view metrics from the social media services they advertise on in order to determine the efficacy of their ad campaigns. In other words, they do what pretty much every single other company in the developed world does, and they are kind enough to inform you. If you don't like this, don't use the internet.

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Alternative(what I do):don't be part of any anti-social network.
St66666:
An update...
Finally an explanation I can accept:

I was contacted by a DK rep and the explanation was that my account was classified as a dealer/reseller and was re-classed to repair.
Everything now looks like is back to normal.
KE5FX:
That's actually good news, then.  It suggests they are taking concrete action against predatory brokers.
tooki:

--- Quote from: St66666 on October 17, 2022, 05:57:25 pm ---An update...
Finally an explanation I can accept:

I was contacted by a DK rep and the explanation was that my account was classified as a dealer/reseller and was re-classed to repair.
Everything now looks like is back to normal.

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While I am happy about the outcome, I can’t help but think you would have gotten your answer much sooner, and with fewer stomach ulcers, had you taken a different approach.
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