I do want to be an ethical company, and I agree about all these decisions adding up over time. This article convinced me to deleted all of my MailTrack accounts and uninstall the extension.
I was using MailTrack for a while, and it's been a very valuable tool, but I can do without it.
I was also talking to some lawyers about GDPR, and they said that this kind of tracking is actually illegal for recipients in Europe, unless I explicitly ask for their permission to include a tracking pixel. So I was already planning to get rid of this, and I'm glad that my emails are now GDPR compliant (even for people in the US.)
Can you tell me more about how they violate the GDPR or quote the relevant parts of the regulation? I've got an inbox full of otherwise legitimate emails but every single link is a disgusting stalking link thanks to their ~spamming~ marketing platform (also the links are always HTTP even if the original link was HTTPS, so they also decrease security) so I'd love to put an end to that.
My guess is it's because you're collecting PII on someone (location data and email address) without their consent. And it doesn't sound like there are procedures for an EU resident to request that all such data be scrubbed, which I believe is also required.
I was using MailTrack for a while, and it's been a very valuable tool, but I can do without it.
I was also talking to some lawyers about GDPR, and they said that this kind of tracking is actually illegal for recipients in Europe, unless I explicitly ask for their permission to include a tracking pixel. So I was already planning to get rid of this, and I'm glad that my emails are now GDPR compliant (even for people in the US.)
[1] http://mailtrack.io