The way it is worded, it seems like your e-mail may be used by Intuit for promotion or by third-parties bound by the same privacy policies, but certainly not sold for spam.
> [...] it seems like your e-mail may be used by Intuit for promotion or by third-parties bound by the same privacy policies, but certainly not sold for spam
Same difference in my book. If you are not the original entity that I supplied my address to, and I get email from some 3rd party, that's SPAM. Sure, you could argue that it's in the T&C and that I "agreed" to it, but it's still SPAM the way I see it. And since it's a 3rd party, then that'd mean my information was sold (or otherwise bartered/traded).
For me there is a clear different between "Hey! You use Mint, we thought you'd like [finance product X] Try it free!" and "Your paypal account has been compromised, log here to reset your password : www.paypalscam.com/reset"
What's surprising about it? I've been receiving "ACTION REQUIRED" emails from them for years that do not actually require action, I receive them simply because I haven't logged in. Mint isn't as different from any of the other unsurprising email-leakers GP mentions as their reputation might otherwise lead one to believe.
I've been meaning to send in a complaint, but they should really have some canary addresses in there to catch this. Of interest, the mint spam is a lot more varied than the geico spam. The geico address gets nothing but Canadian Pharmacy Viagra spam.
