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I have been in one window researching an item and in another unrelated window (same pc) I see an ad pop for something tied to the other research topic. I put google cookie prohibitions on in my browser from that day forward.

Unrelated, but sort of, I opened an ally bank online acct 3 days ago. They force me to receive ‘security’ emails notifying me of transfers in/out of that account. They will not allow me to turn that emailing action off. Last thing I need is gmail to see a $26,000 transfer and bounce ads based on that knoweledge. Nothing secure about email and yet its a feature, not a defect !!

Any thoughts?

I use B of A and had to turn on notifications and specify what conditions would trigger what notification. If you can’t go to your bank’s site and turn off notifications, consider switching banks. And let them know why. Odds are they’ll find a way to switch them off. Of course, if you wish to remain ignorant of what’s happening to your account, that’s another matter.

Many free email services, like gmail, mine correspondence for sales leads and sell this information to companies like Amazon, etc. It's how they afford, and make money, off the "free" service.

My advice would be to get a paid for email service, or perhaps your own domain with email, which is what I have. I don't/never have used gmail, or hotmail, or yahoo, etc.

Many people use Amazon a lot (wink, wink). I hear their rewards card works well, and a "big name bank I know", has a zero interest for 15 months, cash back card, with an offer of 150,000 points to begin with. Why not, If you're disciplined enough, and able to manage cash flow, so one never pays their outrages interest.

Also check out a gold-money account, with gold storage in vaults in numerous countries around the world, for those looking to diversify. Use one with a debit card you can fill by selling some of your gold online. I think a person should also have some cypto-currency, property, tools, guns, long-term food storage, physical PMs/cash onhand, etc.

Back to the email notifications, I see your point about not wanting to receive notifications through a service like gmail, otherwise, I do have my accounts setup so I receive notifications myself. One thing that comes to mind, in your case: can you change the notification to a text message that comes to your cell phone, instead? I have this setup on a number of accounts, as well as two-factor authentication for online transactions.