The Underscore Archives

On 13/11/2007, Joel Hughes <jh at jojet.com> wrote:
> Again, I think the only reasonable thing you could do with a supplied
> email is to email the person occasionally.

That's fine, but it doesn't hurt (in fact, I think you'll engender
more trust in the long term) if you're just straight up honest with
people and tell them that's what's going to happen.

> I believe (as would most
> 'reasonable' people') it would be unreasonable to sell that email on.

But many people are naturally distrustful (especially in the wake of
spam, phishing scams etc.) of submitting their email addresses. How
much does some reassurance cost?

> I honestly think a bit of common sense needs to be applied sometimes
> rather than speaking from the strict semantic diktak of DPA etc.

No: it's the law, with very little room for nuance. People need to
opt-in, end of story.

Tim