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If you're in the US, I've had success by contacting customer service and threatening action under CAN-SPAM. The FTC has never really provided an easy way to fil
by nerdponx 2y ago
If you're in the US, I've had success by contacting customer service and threatening action under CAN-SPAM. The FTC has never really provided an easy way to file complaints or request enforcement by the public, but it seems to get their attention all the same. Now is a good time to try to exercise your legal rights against corporations before they are all executive order'ed away.
- RandomBacon 2y agoWhat action were you threatening? When I looked into it, it seemed like only state Attorneys General could sue violators.
- nerdponx 2y agoI just said something like "If you don't remove me from the list within 24 hours I will report this to the FTC as a violation of US federal law." That's the easy part, the hard part is actually getting through to someone.
- Bjartr 2y agoThe FTC has had a place for the public to report CAN-SPAM violations for some time at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov https://reportfraud.ftc.gov The FAQ confirms this is the correct place to report email spam https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/faq https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/faq
- nerdponx 2y agoI missed that FAQ item, thanks. I've seen (and used) the "report fraud" page before, and I had seen something to suggest that it was the right place to report illegal spam, but it wasn't clear how "spam" and "fraud" were related.