In message <001f01c4ce44$d5d91c10$0201a8c0@CARRERA>, at 14:34:10 on Fri,
19 Nov 2004, Duncan Smith <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I'm particularly interested in the legality of auto generating (corporate)
>email addresses. You know the thing where I know your first name and
>surname, and therefore a machine can have an educated guess as to your email
>address if the company domain is known too.
Read the following report, it summarises most of the law in this area
(it's a bit condensed because they only wanted one side of A4 from each
witness):
http://www.apig.org.uk/rolandperryevidence.pdf
It didn't specifically address people "guessing" email addresses, you
have to wonder how that's consistent with Principle 4.
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/80029--l.htm#sch1ptI
And any use for marketing has to be with the consent of the recipient,
with the Catch-22 that you aren't allowed to email him to ask for
consent (outside of an existing trading relationship)!
s22: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032426.htm
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Roland Perry
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