Sage 100

Perhaps this is a dumb question but Sage 100 ERP 2014 now asks for each users email address and job title. Is this information sent back to Sage?

According to the Sage 300 course, this info is used to send spam to users based on job title

Are you kidding me? Actually I have to admit that I'm surprised that this surprises me

It's possible that Sage spins this as a way for Sage Advisor to create reports based on job title. Not sure what the email is for. I suspect it helps Sage build a contact database.

I was thinking about that yesterday. There is no table to put in actual Job descriptions. Maybe a base field for a future functionality but looking at the dark side, it is probably for a Sage internal report.... Will soon find out as I set myself up....

Remember last Summit, keynote address? This user email and title is for Sage Advisor and for Sage to look deeper and deeper into the customer's usage. To me that brings up a lot of privacy issues. If Sage is reaching so deep into the customer's usage what else are they gleaning? They may say its a great way to 'target' market and to peddle this to resellers as a new feature for the portal, but I have reservations. See time mark 1:15:00 for first part of Sage Advisor, then mark 1:17:26 when Tom states ""...who's logging into system"" and then mark 1:18:00 that shows a floor plan of a customer with their employees usage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_vB_zRSxI8

Great catch Moira.

Thanks @WayneSchulz