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13:06:23 on Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Tim Trent
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I am interested in opinions over the validity of such a box being pre-ticked.
I'm not sure it goes further than being a "best practice" not to
pre-tick them. My contention is that most of these are perpetrated by
over-enthusiast young marketing people, who don't fully understand the
law, or the irritation that such things cause.
But there are a few that are more vicious - I've seen sites where they
refuse to continue unless you agree (which probably wouldn't be legal
for a mandatory online competition form, but I bet no-one really knows).
>And I have another question:
>
>This competition may be entered multiple times. If I forget to untick
>the box sometimes and remember to untick it on other occasions, what
>permission have I actually given?
It's the same for multiple orders from the same vendor. I get asked this
every time I buy another low-cost airline ticket from a previous
supplier. Ultimately, you could probably argue that the most recently
provided option wins, but good luck getting that to stick.
--
Roland Perry
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