Re: Water tight opt-in (yet another FUSSP)

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In message <[email protected]>, Barry Shein
<[email protected]> writes

>I don't even know if there'd be general agreement that signing up for
>(e.g., doing business with seems to be signing up) ads from a
>generally-agreed-to-be-legitimate-company, opting out later, but still
>receiving ads is "spam"

it's not permitted to keep on sending under the EU directive

it's not permitted to keep on sending under CAN-SPAM

it's not permitted to keep on sending under the Canadian statute

how much "general agreement" do you want ?

>There's also the quantity becomes quality issue.
>
>Some company you did biz with then passing your name to some related
>company might just be a nuisance.

that's not permitted under the EU Data Protection directive -- your
jurisdiction may vary on how personal data may be processed (you may
wish to lobby your representatives)

BTW if it's not a related company but another part of the same company
then the EU Directive (on direct marketing) covers that as well -- the
email must be for a "similar product or service", and of course
unsubscribe must be honoured

[I expect John will be along shortly with a wiki link for this; it's all
pretty ancient stuff -- apart from the Canadian rules which are new]

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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