[access-uk] Re: BT Spam filtering nonsense
- From: Shaun O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:19:01 +0100
If as appears to be the case,BT are selling contact information without
due consent of the customer they are in clear breach of a number of
regulations. unfortunately recent trends would seem to suggest we are
moving towards a legislative model that favours corporate profits over
and above any residual rights individuals have( or had) with respect to
their personal data.
On 17/08/2014 15:19, Clive Jacobs wrote:
> Hi, I seem to be getting this lists posts with BT to date. What is
> irritating is that on our BTInternet address which we do not use and
> have never used we have recently received an increasing number of
> spam on the BT address. As we have never used it the only conclusion
> has to be that it seems BT are the culprits and are guilty of spamming
> us and I suspect many others. We may bee soon seeking for alternative
> options to BT.
>
> CJ.
> On 17/08/2014 14:05, Shaun O'Connor wrote:
>> I recommend anyone who is subscribed via a bt account to unsubscribe
>> and then use an alternative account, there is NO reason BT should be
>> classifying this group as spam. and they would likely not be very
>> forthcoming in explaining their reasoning either.(but that is another
>> story altogether)
>> On 17/08/2014 14:15, Mike Ray wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> In the last three or four weeks I have suddenly been getting very few
>>> messages from access-uk.
>>>
>>> I spoke to Mo and he suggested this might be BT's over-zealous
>>> spam-filtering, which is incredibly hard to turn off because the site is
>>> not very accessible and the setting is buried deep, a bit like the
>>> Vogon's planning application to demolish the Earth.
>>>
>>> So I have unsubscribed from access-uk on BT and rejoined from my
>>> raspberryvi account.
>>>
>>> I am instantly getting stuff from the list again.
>>>
>>> So if you're suddenly getting very little stuff from the list and you're
>>> a BT customer, it's their fault. Oh...of course...you probably won't
>>> get this message.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> --
>> *_PRIVACY IS A BASIC RIGHT - NOT A CONCESSION _*
>
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