tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post2876150689921327799..comments2024-03-27T17:30:11.247+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Get your email from Yell?RevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-78777968729309804312013-07-23T09:46:36.730+01:002013-07-23T09:46:36.730+01:00I've started handing out email addresses to co...I've started handing out email addresses to companies in the form:<br /><br />x@IfYouSpamMeIWillComplainToTheInformationCommissioner.info<br /><br />but they're rather hard to read out over the phone...Gary Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672589067109165301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-39719251263944543122013-07-21T09:43:50.870+01:002013-07-21T09:43:50.870+01:00Indeed, I was tempted to buy such a list from Yell...Indeed, I was tempted to buy such a list from Yell, and see what it has, and discuss the use with DPA. If they sell a list to allow spamming and the rules are that one cannot use it, then the selling of the list is a scam.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-77634120336658782092013-07-21T08:53:47.100+01:002013-07-21T08:53:47.100+01:00I'm not sure there even any 'reputable'...I'm not sure there even any 'reputable' suppliers of lists of emails, because having a list doesn't give you permission to spam anyone on it... So how does the list have any value? The buyer was scammed.<br /><br />If yell are indeed selling such lists then need to be called out on it (DPA?)<br />Tony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485210895681350152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-6705813771480875512013-07-17T17:31:54.618+01:002013-07-17T17:31:54.618+01:00I have a couple of rather special email domains, i...I have a couple of rather special email domains, including fuck.me.uk. I probably should set up a system to sell email forwarded addresses on some of these even if only for a nominal sum.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-84254584398528505322013-07-17T14:28:13.823+01:002013-07-17T14:28:13.823+01:00Have you thought of offering email addresses to cu...Have you thought of offering email addresses to customers for all these domains that you have? :-) On of my personal domain, used for Jabber/XMPP and not for email is chat-with.me.uk, since registering, I've had a few people create accounts on the server. All people I know.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15433960551945208728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-13788926218141436922013-07-17T14:16:33.657+01:002013-07-17T14:16:33.657+01:00The ICO has previously confirmed to me that if you...The ICO has previously confirmed to me that if you opt in to junk telephone calls from company A, who then sell those details to company B, company B is required to screen calls against TPS, whilst company A isn't - i.e. the "opt in" does not carry over from one company to another. So I would presume the same is true for emails.<br /><br />The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 says that someone can't send junk email "unless the recipient of the electronic mail has previously notified the sender that he consents" - it would seem to me that if you notified Yell that you consent and they then sell your email address off, you would not have not have notified the "new" sender of your consent, and therefore the new sender couldn't legally send you marketing email.<br /><br />If they claim to email you to check you really did sign up, presumably you could produce SMTP logs showing this never happened (and demand that they produce logs showing it did).Steve Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798286430189689578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-56121903328872329932013-07-17T13:44:39.501+01:002013-07-17T13:44:39.501+01:00I once attempted to use copyright law to get at so...I once attempted to use copyright law to get at some spammers. The honeyed email address was a haiku... a haiku that explained its terms of use only permitted reproduction of the haiku as part of a unsolicited email upon payment of a fee.Marekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949807916426956802noreply@blogger.com