Does anyone have a link to the actual legislation of the UK Employment
Agencies Act?
Thanks,
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Subject: [data-protection] PR & Electronic (via email) Newsletters
Can you help?
The PR dept want to send out an electronic newspaper (i.e. via email) to
our key stakeholders and councillors etc. The email will include
(amongst other articles), the following -
"Welcome to [Company Name] email bulletin service. We have you listed as
someone who may be interested in the work [Company Name] is doing in
[area] and from time to time we will be sending out bulletin updates.
[Company Name] is a... ...If you know someone who would like to receive
the bulletin, or would like your name removed from our database, please
reply to this email".
I have informed PR that they cannot do this as they do not have the
consent or permission of those they want to send it to and the intended
recipients have not been informed of or signed up the fact that they
will be receiving this newsletter. What they have done is collected
email address over time of all our stakeholders, councillors and other
such customers and then decided that it would be a great marketing tool
to put together this electronic newsletter and blitz them.
Is there any way round this? Shouldn't they email each individual
separately (seeing as email addresses are now considered to be personal
data) and inform about the newsletter and include an opt in (or is it
opt
out) clause?
Has anyone have a robust sturdy opt in opt out statement I could use.
Or have I got it all wrong?
Thanks all
Clementine Amawo
Info. Man. Officer (IT)
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