IHNJ, just correcting the subject line... On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 10:58:18PM +0100, Tim Bray via mailop wrote: > On 02/06/2020 21:22, Michael Wise via mailop wrote: > > > > It would need to be a standard... a SINGLE standard. > > > > Like the FTC "Do Not Call" list. > > > > I wasn't thinking about something central at all.?? I was just thinking > about it as something top 1 or 2 market leaders could do to be helpful. > > (like various UK banks have secondary security things you can turn on if > you are high risk or a victim of identity theft or in a domestic > violence situation.???? The credit reference agencies are helpful too in > terms of letting you see what searches done in your name) > > Because I'm unsubscribing from 3 or 4 things a day.?? (but like 10 > today)?? Mainly from reputable marketing companies (like mailchimp) > > I don't want rid of all marketing emails.???? There are companies whose > mails I want. > > > Maybe mailchimp could send me a weekly digest of `these 10 companies > signed you up this week`.?? And I could just click `unsubscribe from all, > never signed up for this list`.?? In one go, rather than several times a day. > > > I don't really believe I've been sat in people's dormant lists (at an > email service provider) for years and years.???? I think it is fresh lists > extracted from CRMs and webstores, but maybe several years of old data.?? > And maybe people sharing lists with their mates or when sales people > move companies. > > (if you pay by paypal, then pretty much the merchant gets your email > address whatever) > > I've put a subject access request into mailchimp, so I'll see what comes > back.?? I guess depends whether mailchimp think they are governed by GDPR > or not. > > > > -- > Tim Bray > Huddersfield, GB > t...@kooky.org >
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