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It's usually opt-in (if it isn't, a lot of jurisdictions allow you to sue or do other nasty things) but it's ticked by default and somewhat hidden above and bel
by zaarn 9y ago
It's usually opt-in (if it isn't, a lot of jurisdictions allow you to sue or do other nasty things) but it's ticked by default and somewhat hidden above and below the ToS/EULA.
- tabeth 9y ago> It's usually opt-in > it's ticked by default and somewhat hidden above and below the ToS/EULA. Well, yeah. The point is that it isn't really opt-in.
- tzahola 9y agoSo without the extra effort of finding and unchecking the hidden checkbox, you'll receive their spam. Sounds like opt-out to me.
- Nadya 9y agoChecked-by-default means, by definition, it is opt-out as you are opted-in by default. It just has to be possible to opt-out and, if opted-in, unsubscribe at a later date (usually a small, hard to notice link in the legalese of the spam email).
- zaarn 9y agoI think it was a bit of a miscommunication, but yes, it's opt-out then.
- jacquesm 9y agoAh, and not only is it opt-out, you 'opt-in' to at least 5 different email lists all of which you then have to unsubscribe from individually (and if you are lucky the unsubscribe link is present in the mail, and if you are even more lucky it actually works rather than being just another signal to the spammer - sorry, company - that the email address is indeed legit. And that's before we get into selling your email address to 'partners' who will then really go to town to try to monetize the address.