** Reply to note from Tim Trent <[log in to unmask]> Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:55:46 -0000
Dear Tim,
Sit back, relax. Make a cup of tea. Drink it slowly.
There is nothing you can do today that you can't leave for someone else to do
tomorrow.
Don't worry about the man in the white coat standing in the corner of your
room. He is only the therapist.
> I have just received notification from a discussion group I receive emails
> form that it is seeking to widen its membership by using email. Sad man
> that I am, I actually participate in several email discussion groups! This
> one is also a commercial organisation with many laudable objectives, many of
> which I support, some of which I am at variance with. Real life, then!
>
> They are currently "looking for beta testers" of some "software which works
> with your outlook address book" in order to potentially "invite your contact
> list to join". you must "not mind most or all of your contacts being sent
> an invitation to join"
This is a computer virus ... and they can call it anything they like.
Computer misuse act, hackers 'n all that :-) throw the book at them (then you'll
get left without customers).
>
> I've scratched my head over this a lot. To me it looks like the
> organisation is looking to ask its members to send its UCE ('join today,
> it's lovely') to all their contacts.
>
> To me that breaks the DPA 1998 (unfair processing, processed for limited
> purposes etc), breaks 2002/58/EC (many contacts will be individual
> subscribers, or partnerships [except in Scotland, of course]) and breaks the
> ASA CAP code on UCE.
Ooooooooh. You know so many accronyms.
Relax and tell them to ... where the sun does not shine.
>
> I know it's only Tuesday, and we have a way to go before Friday, but you
> might want to have a ponder?
Make another cup of tea.
>
> As a side issue, I wonder if Bill's back yet? I'll know after I send this
> message. I do hope he made it back from Taiwan.
He seems to be or his email is broken.
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What the heck is UCE - University College Ehhhhhhm ?
Charles
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Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer,
Planning & Information, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN,
Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-348845.
http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/
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