I may have missed this being discussed before but can anyone point me
to clear guidance on these issues?
Background:
A company sent me an unsolicited Email that advertised their business
(legitmate business but with little justice for feeling it was
pertinent to some of mine). It said:
"GOOD PRACTICE
Please note that this Email is sent in good faith as a part of our
Marketing awareness campaign. We do not intend to cause nuisance or
any inconvenience. Should you wish to be removed from our database
please reply with REMOVE in the subject area."
as is my wont I sent the message to abuse.net and spamcop.net. The
sender got the spamcop message asking him to desist and thought he
was on a spam rbl (he isn't, not yet, as the spamcop message made
clear). He has come back very angrily.
My view is that if he has found my Email address on the WWW he is in
breach of DPA to use it even with the opt out. Interestingly, the
company doesn't appear to be registered with the OIC!
Is there guidance on address harvesting and "once only" spams (this
wasn't a "once only" in fact, he'd put me on a regular list, however,
I am interested in "once only" too as I get a lot of them).
TIA,
Chris
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Chris Evans <[log in to unmask]>
Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy,
Rampton Hospital; Associate R&D Director,
Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust;
Hon. SL Institute of Psychiatry
*** My views are my own and not representative
of those institutions ***
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