In article <608BB555155FD41195170008C71E333C0263BB86@tdcnt01>,
[log in to unmask] writes:
>as well as sending spam e-mails (not currently illegal)
Yes it is!! By definition SPAM has to be unsolicited, and therefore your
email address [which is personal data] has been both acquired and used
in contravention to the DPA.
What's more, SPAM is illegal under the Distance Selling Directive, and
its relevant UK regulations [1], we don't have to wait for the newer
CDPD to arrive.
[1] Which are silent about SPAM only because the DPA *already* made it
illegal, so no new law was required.
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Roland Perry
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