The need for common sense notwithstanding (with which I agree), I would never be happy with a promise to stop sending me things. I never want that, because so few organisations in my experience are competent enough to mark up their mailing lists effectively. I find that when I get marketing stuff I don't want, the only way to ensure that I receive nothing is to write quoting DP and demanding that I be deleted. If I simply "unsubscribe", if they don't delete me, sooner or later, my name will find its way back onto a live mailing list. It's happened to me quite a few times. Unless a real human being confirms to me that they're deleted my name from the database, sooner or later, the email or letters start up again.
So deletion is the only way - that really is what I want, and it's the only outcome that has any lasting effect
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> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Trent
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> Subject: Re: [data-protection] DPA to blame again
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< SNIP >
> It is the same as the area of "Delete me from your database". If I do that
> with your data, interpreting your request literally, I am not using my
> common sense. You want, instead, to receive nothing from me. I need to act
> to ensure that happens. But, in doing so, I break the law, UNLESS I tell
> you what I am doing and give you the chance to accept that or to reaffirm
> your desire for real deletion. Common Sense. And, here, common sense
> diverges from the law.
>
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