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Here is how it works in France: http://www.cnil.fr/english/data-protection/rights-and-obligations/ http://www.cnil.fr/english/data-protection/rights-and-obliga

Here is how it works in France: http://www.cnil.fr/english/data-protection/rights-and-obligations/ http://www.cnil.fr/english/data-protection/rights-and-obliga... Practically, if you operate a service in France, you need to have 2 checkboxes at user creation: * I accept to receive commercial informations and advertising from the service * I accept to receive commercial informations and advertising from third parties If you don't have the checkboxes or the user unchecked, no sharing.

MatthewWilkes 11y ago
In the UK, even if you've managed to buy emails it's of no use, you aren't allowed to contact people unless you've had a business relationship for a related product in the last 12 months.
- parandroid 11y ago
  This is new to me. How does this exactly work? Can you report the email senders to someone, if you get spam or something?
  - MatthewWilkes 11y ago
    You have to sue them yourself, in small claims court. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/regulation/22/made http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/regulation/22/m... http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/regulation/30/made http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/regulation/30/m... Judges range in how they feel about these complaints, generally you won't be able to claim just for the time they've wasted, you'll have to justify why you have suffered damages. Extreme cases are different, if they're truly wasting huge amounts of your time, but the occasional email is unlikely to be enough for wasted time. Alternatively, you can get the ICO to tell them off even if you haven't suffered any damages, but that's not always easy…