Paul,
I
think you are way off topic here. If you want to contact me directly I'd be
happy to help
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I believe this question would fall within the scope of this group.
Anyway I would be very interested to know the answer to this, with a
link to the related legislation.
Giles Clark wrote:
Paul,
I think you are way off topic here. If you want to contact me directly
I'd be happy to help
On 31 Jan 2006, at 12:33 am, Paul Collins wrote:
I recall reading somewhere a while back that UK law states you
can't have a check box ticked on a form
EG - untick this box if you don't want to receive emails would be
illegal for a UK site.
That would be European Community law, not only
Just out of curiosity, what about Tick this box if you don't want to
receive massive amounts of spam? Is it really anti-checked box, or
anti-default-opt-in? Seems pretty... open to abuse and/or
re-interpretation, unless it's the latter.
On 1/31/06, Philippe Wittenbergh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Richard Czeiger wrote:
I agree - I think the areas of Web Standards and Best Practices
should go side by side.
If one country has decided to actually legislate on something then it's
at least worth discussing.
I fail to see how the UK's anti-spam law is relevant to web
standards...but
Paul Collins wrote:
Could anyone tell me if I'm right or wrong and if possible give me some
credible links to back this up?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/26/prior_consent_does_not_mean/
Kind of right, kind of wrong :)
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The
To quickly follow up, before the thread gets presumably closed for being
way off topic:
Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
The Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC)
http://www.dti.gov.uk/industries/ecommunications/directive_on_privacy_electronic_communications_200258ec.html
