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As someone who doesn't deal with Europe much... CASL here in Canada seems to have similar rules. Would following CASL automatically mean it follows GDPR?
The UK has had data protection laws for years, people aren't scared of GDPR because it finally provides laws, they're scared because they actually look enforceable.
This is going to be fun when election times come in europe. Here we get a lot of unsolicited email from candidate MPs , and i m certain most of them bought/found the addresses from dubious/illegal sources.
As somebody who has hated spam for years, I can only wish that I were in the EU. There is a whole swathe of companies that is somewhere between casual and negligent with email addresses, and it would be my distinct pleasure to have a stick like GDPR to beat them with.
Spammers don’t tend to operate from first-world jurisdictions. (When they do, CAN-SPAM is decent about requiring working unsubscribe buttons). Spam is not a problem you can solve with regulation.
As somebody who has hated spam for years, I can only wish that I were in the EU. There is a whole swathe of companies that is somewhere between casual and negligent with email addresses, and it would be my distinct pleasure to have a stick like GDPR to beat them with.
Spammers don’t tend to operate from first-world jurisdictions. (When they do, CAN-SPAM is decent about requiring working unsubscribe buttons). Spam is not a problem you can solve with regulation.
But the government probably wouldn't like that very much.
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Sorry to break it to you, but having live both in EU, and now in the US, I still got more email spam from France. Laws like this are broad and overreaching, but they are rarely enforced.
Have you complained to the regulator? I'm not in France, but it has generally worked for me.
And I’m eager to see how my request will be handled.
Do you have any suggestion? You seem pretty accustomed to it.
As somebody who has hated spam for years, I can only wish that I were in the EU. There is a whole swathe of companies that is somewhere between casual and negligent with email addresses, and it would be my distinct pleasure to have a stick like GDPR to beat them with.
Spammers don’t tend to operate from first-world jurisdictions. (When they do, CAN-SPAM is decent about requiring working unsubscribe buttons). Spam is not a problem you can solve with regulation.
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The three dots you omitted actually have this relevant text: To customize what's included in this email, who gets it, or to unsubscribe, set your Message center preferences. If you are receiving this email because your Admin added you as a recipient, please contact your Admin to unsubscribe. Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our Privacy Statement.
Is there a direct link to the relevant part of their website to actually do that? If not, then it's not good enough.
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The three dots you omitted actually have this relevant text: To customize what's included in this email, who gets it, or to unsubscribe, set your Message center preferences. If you are receiving this email because your Admin added you as a recipient, please contact your Admin to unsubscribe. Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our Privacy Statement.
It's actually >This message from Microsoft is an important part of a program, service, or product that you or your company purchased or participates in. Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our Privacy Statement. with no option to unsubscribe
Just to make it clear - I'm not working for Microsoft or anything like that.
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Have you complained to the regulator? I'm not in France, but it has generally worked for me.
Today, I requested assistance from the authority for the first time. And I’m eager to see how my request will be handled. Do you have any suggestion? You seem pretty accustomed to it.
It seems that yahoo really loves Sparkpost spam that goes straight to my mailbox even when sender domain is no-existent, not to mention any DKIM or SPF records; gmail is much better at catching those.
This is my experience for the last 2 years.