There is nothing inherently unlawful in obtaining information from a website
and using it for marketing purposes until you consider that an email address
is Personal Data, and until you consider that the purpose for which it was
placed on the site is not to allow you to market to it.
Thus it is unfair processing.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of GRAHAM Susan
Sent: 22 March 2007 12:55
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Subject: [data-protection] Obtaining email addresses from websites
Please can someone point me to the relevant parts of the legislation that
prevent people from obtaining email addresses from websites for marketing
purposes? I have been looking at the Privacy and Electronic Communications
(EC Directive) Regulations and the Data Protection Act as they apply to
marketing activities. I have a note saying, "No harvesting addresses from
websites", but I omitted to note my source or reasoning for this. Can
anyone help? Is it just the fair processing requirements of the first data
protection principle?
Best wishes,
Susan Graham
University Records Manager
Policy & Planning
University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL
Tel: 0131 6514 100
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