> On 27 Jun 2019, at 09:17, Dave Holmes via mailop <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> All email is GDPR EU compliant
<Rant Warning />
What the heck does that mean?
And why should any provider of realtime blocklists care whether the spam being
sent out by a network is compliant with some legislation — or not?
Providers of “threat intelligence data” (of which realtime blocklists is a
subset) are providing insight into internet properties — typically IP addresses
and/or domains. Susbscribers to that data use it to make decisions which are
best for them / their network.
Them. Their network.
The fact that the sender (remote network) can point to some tick boxes doesn’t
make anti-social behaviour any better as far as the recipient is concerned.
It’s akin to being pulled over for driving down the motorway at 120 miles per
hour and then, when pulled over, explaining patiently to the officer that your
car is fully road legal and has an up to date MOT test[1]. The latter doesn’t
excuse the former’s behaviour.
Independent facts. No causality.
<Calming Down />
As someone who gets to see a lot of “explanations” to justify questionable
behaviour, all a complainant is doing when they explain that they’re GDPR /
CANSPAM / CASL </ Whatever> compliant is to indicate that they really don’t
understand the problem. As such, you’re more likely to get a boilerplate reply
— or perhaps even no reply at all.
Do yourself a favour. Stick to pertinent facts — and acknowledge / own the
problem. Just trying to explain it away does no one any favours at all.
Simon
[1] Ministry of transport (MOT) test. During an MOT test, important parts on a
vehicle will be checked to make sure they meet minimum legal standards.
Required for a car in the UK after three years (from new). An annual test.
Interestingly, the government department after which the test is named no
longer exists.
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