In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 20:59:53
on Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Chris Spray <[log in to unmask]> writes
>The "consent to marketing or you don't get your quote/competition entry"
>etc. is becoming more widespread. I noticed the other day that one of the
>motor breakdown companies uses it.
>
>At least in part I would have thought whether or not it is legitimate
>(ignoring whether or not it is good) practice will depend on whether an
>organisation is offering a product/service that people have to have and
>whether it has a monopoly/near monopoly on that product or service.
I thought there were some competitions (of the sort: "What was George W
Bush's first name? George, W or Bush") had to allow free entry somehow.
if the web was their way of doing that, it seems unlikely they could
refuse an entry because you didn't opt-in for marketing.
--
Roland Perry
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