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Why wouldn’t it be?

by elygre 8y ago

Why wouldn’t it be?

aantix 8y ago
Because you don't have their consent.
- ascorbic 8y ago
  The ePrivacy Directive only applies to unsolicited marketing emails.
  - Moru 8y ago
    To private people, their company mail is not included.
- popol12 8y ago
  You're not a private entity, are you ?
- FooBarWidget 8y ago
  The GDPR defines multiple legal grounds on which you are allowed to process personal data (such as collecting an email address for contacting). Consent is only one legal ground. Another one is "legitimate interest", which a lot of salespeople will use in order to find prospects. However the recipient is allowed to say "not interested, don't contact me again" and you'll have to comply. Furthermore the GDPR does not apply to small-scale, ad-hoc, personal situations. Contacting a CEO as a customer is fine. Your personal phone's address book is fine. So is keeping a list of attendees of your birthday party. But wearing a camera on your body all day and recording everything and running face recognition on the video, even if you do it for personal reasons, is not ok.
  - aantix 8y ago
    Legimate interest can only be established if both parties consent upfront. For which he did not. He just emailed them outright. With the original article, it's obvious that he's written a lot of CEOs. How many is too many? What if it were a couple of thousand?
    - FooBarWidget 8y ago
      Ahem. https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/legitimate-interests/when-can-we-rely-on-legitimate-interests/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da... > It may be the most appropriate basis when: > you cannot, or do not want to, give the individual full upfront control (ie consent) or bother them with disruptive consent requests when they are unlikely to object to the processing.
- kahnpro 8y ago
  You're not a business systematically or regularly storing and processing personal data. Pretty sure GDPR doesn't stop you from e-mailing random people for personal reasons.

Why wouldn’t it be?

by elygre 8y ago

Why wouldn’t it be?

aantix 8y ago

Because you don't have their consent.

ascorbic 8y ago
The ePrivacy Directive only applies to unsolicited marketing emails.
- Moru 8y ago
  To private people, their company mail is not included.
popol12 8y ago
You're not a private entity, are you ?
FooBarWidget 8y ago
The GDPR defines multiple legal grounds on which you are allowed to process personal data (such as collecting an email address for contacting). Consent is only one legal ground. Another one is "legitimate interest", which a lot of salespeople will use in order to find prospects. However the recipient is allowed to say "not interested, don't contact me again" and you'll have to comply. Furthermore the GDPR does not apply to small-scale, ad-hoc, personal situations. Contacting a CEO as a customer is fine. Your personal phone's address book is fine. So is keeping a list of attendees of your birthday party. But wearing a camera on your body all day and recording everything and running face recognition on the video, even if you do it for personal reasons, is not ok.
- aantix 8y ago
  Legimate interest can only be established if both parties consent upfront. For which he did not. He just emailed them outright. With the original article, it's obvious that he's written a lot of CEOs. How many is too many? What if it were a couple of thousand?
  - FooBarWidget 8y ago
    Ahem. https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/legitimate-interests/when-can-we-rely-on-legitimate-interests/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da... > It may be the most appropriate basis when: > you cannot, or do not want to, give the individual full upfront control (ie consent) or bother them with disruptive consent requests when they are unlikely to object to the processing.
kahnpro 8y ago
You're not a business systematically or regularly storing and processing personal data. Pretty sure GDPR doesn't stop you from e-mailing random people for personal reasons.