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The worst abusers are the ones that mix vital emails with marketing and fluff. In the US you have to deal with the Social Security Administration your entire a
by fhdkweig 7mo ago
The worst abusers are the ones that mix vital emails with marketing and fluff. In the US you have to deal with the Social Security Administration your entire adult life. You need to deal with them while paying into the program during the working years and also while cashing out in retirement. So you can't just ignore communications with them, but yet most emails are fluff like holiday greetings, reminders not to be scammed (which are repeats of the same advice they gave in all previous emails).
Banks also do this, but they at least use the same subject lines that I can auto-filter.
- Normal_gaussian 7mo agoI'm in the UK. I have several bank accounts, both personally and for business. For my four personal accounts my last email was last October, and the one before that was last July. For my business accounts I have most set to email me a statement every month (automations attached).
- fhdkweig 7mo agoI wonder if there is some sort of regulation specific to the UK that stops them.
- Normal_gaussian 7mo agoA whole load of banking products aren't legal in the UK, or are highly regulated; particularly sludge products which are easy to sign up for but hard to cancel. UK banks are required to make their communications easy to understand and relevant. There are also regulations requiring banks to tell users when products may be unsuitable. All UK companies have to adhere to the UK GDPR, which allows users to restrict what marketing can reach them. So yes - a bunch of regulations.