ak.sail-horizon.com: Sailthru’s Invasive Marketing Tracking

Sailthru’s tracker, ak.sail-horizon.com, gathers your browsing and email interaction data to fuel personalized marketing campaigns. This invasive profiling strips your privacy, and Privacy Auditors are here to reveal it.

What Is ak.sail-horizon.com?

This domain belongs to Sailthru, a marketing automation platform. It collects data on how you engage with emails and websites, building intrusive profiles for targeted campaigns at the cost of your anonymity.

Data It Collects

It captures:

• Geolocation: Pulls lat/long from IP, down to city level.
• IP Address: Ties to real-world locations.
• Device ID: Tracks across devices with identifiers.
• Email Interactions: Logs opens and clicks with timestamps.
• Browser Fingerprint: Captures plugins for profiling.
• User-Agent: Records ‘Mozilla/5.0 (Android 14).’
• Session ID: Links actions for surveillance.
• Page URL: Notes visited URLs.
• Referrer URL: Tracks your origin.
• Timestamps: Logs to the millisecond.

This maps your engagement in detail.

Who Gets Your Data?

Your data is shared with:

• Sailthru Client: Feeds marketers for targeting.
• Third-Party Partner: Uses for analytics or ads.
• Cloud Provider: Processes via hosting.
• Government Entity: Shares IP and device data on request.

How to Protect Yourself

Privacy Auditors stand with you:

• Block Trackers: Stop ak.sail-horizon.com with Privacy Auditor’s paid service.
• Use a VPN: Hide IP with Mullvad.
• Switch Browsers: Opt for Firefox or Tor.
• Disable JavaScript: Halt scripts with NoScript.
• Clear Cookies: Wipe tracking data often.

Combine these for strong privacy.

Sources

• Sailthru Privacy Policy: https://www.sailthru.com/legal/privacy-statement/

This is a legal disclaimer. All information is provided for educational purposes only.