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When the EU bans telemarketing or sending me junk mail without my consent, then I might think the EU cares about my privacy.
by briandear 9y ago
When the EU bans telemarketing or sending me junk mail without my consent, then I might think the EU cares about my privacy.
- eropple 9y agoNeither of those represent threats to "privacy" in a typical legal sense. Both suck, but you're saying that you'll think the EU cares about car safety when they ban juggling.
- llukas 9y agoIt already does. Go figure.
- vsl 9y agoMy mailbox (the physical one) disagrees with your claim. There are mechanisms to opt-out (at the cost of uglyfying my mailbox with highly visible label), but they are not banned.
- samuellb 9y agoIn practice, no. The legislation has major loopholes, such as allowing unsolicited business-to-business marketing. And spammers still send junk to individuals with a disclaimer such as "This message is addressed to a business, if this is in error click here to opt out". And they seem to get away with it.