One of my clients has been receiving requests via this company:
http://www.optoutuk.com to stop receiving marketing. The company seems to
be reasonably responsive - they agreed to send a monthly list, rather than
individual e-mails for each person - but the latest list contained 350 names
and addresses which will take a long time to process.
The company charges for most of their services, and they are obviously well
into marketing themselves. You can't obtain the details of the services
they provide without registering on their website, for example.
So are they OK, or is it a scam? What would happen if you just ignored the
requests? They seem to have been crafted to comply with the Data Protection
Act requirements, and I'm not aware of anything that says you can't ask an
organisation to act on your behalf, but if it is a scam it's a lot of work
for the organisation receiving these requests, when you can't be sure that
the person really meant it.
Paul Ticher
0116 273 8191
www.paulticher.com
22 Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB
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