See though how they seem to have worked with the National Association of
Funeral Directors to create a Bereavement Register which to me seems a
worthwhile product ie presumably to remove the deceased from direct
marketing databases.
http://www.readgroup.co.uk/testimonials.html
Nick Kandau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Trent" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] itsmypost.com
>I hadn't come across http://www.itsmypost.com before.
>
> A whois search shows it to be a commercial site:
>
> Jon Hart ([log in to unmask])
> The REaD Group PLC
> The Clock House Blighs Road
> Sevenoaks, TN13 1DA
> UK
> +44 (0)1732 460000
>
> This leads to http://www.readgroup.co.uk/mission.html
>
> The official site of the mailing Preference Service is surely the ONLY one
> you need to take care of?
> http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/mps_choosetype.html
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Diane Tye
> Sent: 31 October 2006 14:07
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [data-protection] itsmypost.com
>
> You can see I work for Save the Children.
> I would be very interested to hear from other charities who are starting
> to
> see the extra workload itsmypost.com is giving us.
>
> I have no problem at all with people opting in/out or shaking it about
> (and
> we have systems for this), but my understanding that we are getting people
> who are not on our lists / never likely to be on our lists asking us to
> suppress mailings is going to result in more money spent on manually
> adding
> these email requests onto our database system so we can suppress them. (so
> in theory having their data - do they realise this?)
>
> It's going to take that extra effort to raise the money to fund the time
> to
> have someone enter names of people who dont want our data... and were
> never
> going to get it.... phew...
>
> Someone has come up with a great idea - I just wish it wasn't so shopping
> cart like and you only selected people who are actually sending you
> rubbish.
>
> Oh well - enough of my non-technical rant Monday morning for me
>
> Diane
>
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