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Ask HN: Why are blogs/companies not updating existing subscribers (for GDPR)?
I'm subscribed to hundreds of email newsletters.
According to GDPR all those businesses/blogs/sites/newsletters must ask for a new consent that I'm still fine with receiving marketing emails from them.
Mailchimp - e.g. puts it that way:
"You still need your existing contacts to opt-in to your marketing permissions. The best way to do this is to send a consent campaign to each list affected by the GDPR."
So my question: Why don't most businesses do not comply with that (so far)?
- lkurusa 8y agoI see two possible reasons: (1) People don’t know who is affected by the GDPR and who is not. (2) There is still enough time to send a consent e-mail before the GDPR becomes effective on May 25.
- utkarsharma 8y agoExisiting consent taking procedures would still hold true till the GDPR date. So, All these website have to do is update their terms of use and privacy policies before that date and they're safe. Since you've most probably agreed to their terms once. And those terms say that they might update it from time-to-time. They would only be taking fresh consents from the signups and registrations after May 25th