And the unlawfuless is generally ignored until someone like myself or
Gordon Dick decides to do something about it . .
The ICO is a chocolate teapot when it comes to spam.
Nigel Roberts
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www.spamlegalaction.co.uk
www.scotchspam.com
Tim Trent wrote:
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> [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
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