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In the U.S., requiring a login (or any information other than your email address) to opt out is against the law. Additionally, you cannot require any steps othe
by dpifke 8mo ago
In the U.S., requiring a login (or any information other than your email address) to opt out is against the law. Additionally, you cannot require any steps other than "sending a reply electronic mail message or visiting a single Internet Web page."
I once wrote to the FTC for guidance as to whether or not this included requiring unsubscribers to solve a CAPTCHA or disable adblockers or enable Javascript, but did not get a response. I believe the law is plain with regards to this, but a lot of companies seem to be willing to risk it.
See: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-316/section-316.5 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C...