In message <[log in to unmask]>, at
12:54:55 on Thu, 22 Mar 2007, GRAHAM Susan <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>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?
My submission at the following address covers this. It's getting a bit old
now, but I don't think any of the underlying principles have changed (and
agrees with Tim's response, but in more detail):
<http://www.apig.org.uk/archive/activities-2003/spam-public-
enquiry/written-evidence-submitted-to-the-enquiry/rolandperryevidence.pdf>
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Roland Perry
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