Tracking links in data*** PDFs

I just got a data*** on a family of inductors from a vendor. When I open
the data***, it tries to connect to some website that tracks viewing
history of this particular PDF (IP addr, serial # of document, time/date,
etc.). Probably interesting information to their marketing department,
but it is a nuisance to the design engineer opening the data***.
Microsoft anti-spyware warns this is happening and allows me to block such
connections. This PDF is not confidential, and is not a controlled copy.

Has anyone else seen such behavior by component vendors? I have thousands
of datasheets archived for reference purposes, and I have never come across
this in any other data***. I hope this is not going to start a trend.

-Chris

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