Unsolicited e-mails – spamming

[alanjjohnstone]

I'm posting this as a cautionary warning since in the past i think the possibility of such a campaign has been raised and this story explains the legal consequences for a political party of mass e-mails to people who have not shown any interest in receiving them.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/23/britain-first-email-broke-rules-asa

It doesn't stop branches taking names and email addresses from people who have agreed to be updated on the Party's activities. 

[ALB]

I don't think we nor anybody else need take any notice of a ruling by tne Advertising Standards Authority. Its "rulings" are just pieces of paper without any force of law. But we still shouldn't do mass e-mails because this might infringe another regulation which does, as Tottenham MP David Lamy found to his cost (literally):http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35772202This only applies to electronic communications. We can still send out hand-written mailshots without requiring prior permission from the recipients or infringing anything.

[ALB]

Just had a leaflet from the local Tories and here's how they get round this:

Quote:

How we use your InformationThe data you provide will be retained by the Conservative Party in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and related legislation. By providing your data to us, you are consenting to the data holders making contact with you in the future by telephone, text or other means, even though you may be registered with the Telephone Preference Service. Your data will not be sold or given to anyone not connected to the Conservative Party. If you do not want the information you give to us to be used in this way, or for us to contact you, please indicate by ticking the relevant boxes: Post _ Email _ SMS _ Phone_

Not saying we should do this, but is what you'd have to do to avoid any comebacks. 

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