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There is a chance that this may violate the CAN SPAM act. The law requires companies to honor opt-out requests, even if there is a business relationship.
There is a chance that this may violate the CAN SPAM act. The law requires companies to honor opt-out requests, even if there is a business relationship.
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Have you EVER heard of somebody unintentionally opting out of spam??? I know cell-phone and cable companies have retention departments that you have to deal with if you cancel something with them, but this is ridiculous!
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Thank goodness they warned him he may had inadvertently opted out!
You always hear about people maliciously signing up other people for spam.
You never know when someone, in a fit of rage, might break into your accounts and maliciously opt you out of spam.
Great that they're keeping on top of this.
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It's actually even worse than the OP makes it sound. I got this too, and not only did I have to click through the link to confirm my opt-out, but when I did the defaults were checked to opt in - you had to unclick them to remain opted out, if you clicked next without reading you would opt back in. Shady.
The only reason I ever bought their product in the first place is because it was free after rebate and I had a coupon, so I got paid to buy it. It's still probably in my basement somewhere.
I bought Peachtree in 2002, I still get upgrade offers from them 6 years later.
Similar thing just happened to my wife. She got a snail mail message from Omaha Steaks (which we had a business relationship with for Christmas) reminding her that we are on their internal do-not-call list (she asked to be put on it after they would call every week asking if we want to place another order).
It basically says fill-in your phone number, sign, return in postage paid envelope, and we will call you again.
At least they didn't call us to remind us we were on their internal do-not-call list. :)
Is this the same as Peachtree Press? Somehow I started receiving emails from them. I didn't sign up for them and I tried bouncing them back to make them think I didn't exist. Then I kept clicking unsubscribe. But I keep receiving email from PTP. What the hell?
If you aren't sure you would not like to un-remove your opt-in de-request... *Head KerSPLODE!*