Recently hit up with yet another online questionnaire from Link Online Research, it started asking some questions that I don't care to answer, for example my earnings, age, etc.
Then, upon completing the questionnaire, they offer their thanks in form of telephone credit, super points, cumulus points, coupons or money to one of three NGOs.
It dawned upon me, when I clicked on Migros Cumulus points, that the number had been saved since my last Link questionnaire. Going back to the e-mail that invited me to this particular questionnaire, it has a very specific link, sent to my e-mail address.
So, please do tell, what is wrong with this picture? Why am I send a specific link that remembers my Cumulus card number? Methinks it is time to send an e-mail to quite offering my answers. Has anybody here ever been harassed or spammed by Link in any way?
I assume LINK Online Research and LINK Institut are one and the same?
If so then yes, via telephone, I've been harassed. SMS to announce they will call me at date and time. Oops, missed it....several times. And when they finally got me, they dropped me after I pretended to speak only English.
I'm thinking it's not autocomplete and the fake state that a cookie might give your browser does not extend to remembering phone numbers so......
Option 1. It's embedded in the URL they send you
Option 2. They're storing it somewhere that is associated with you
Information matters to them so I'd expect nothing to be truly anonymous. If what's in it for you is enough to give that shard of privacy away, go ahead.
Outright lies, naw... not my style. However, shortened answers... yes.
They ask where do you shop. For each answer, there is another six questions. So, one shop, six further questions... four shops, 24 additional questions. Don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure which way takes less time