Hi all, yet more GDPR blurb to fill your inboxes. Sorree.
As of sometime next week probably, when you next post to the MCTG you
will be asked ONCE to opt in. If you opt in you stay on the list.
You can read the whole story from Freelists below.
Paul.
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As a FreeLists list admin for a list that has been active at least since
January 2016, we're contacting you to let you know about updated
policies and processes here at FreeLists as well one further
communication most subscribers will soon receive. If you'd like to
permanently discontinue any old lists, just let us know. As always, you
can reach us via email at staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with any questions.
With the GDPR now in full effect we're actually late to the "check out
our new privacy policy" party but the good news is we've been hard at
work over the last two months getting our act together.
If you're unfamiliar with the GDPR, please read about it
here:https://www.eugdpr.org <https://www.eugdpr.org> While FreeLists is
not based in the EU and has no presence there, we do serve both list
owners and list subscribers who reside in the EEA (European Economic
Area) and thus it affects all of us. We think the GDPR is a good thing!
As you know we value privacy very highly and this new law swings the
balance of power over personal data back to consumers where it belongs.
Rather than carve out special policy just for Europeans, we think it's
best to follow the EU's leadership on this and extend these protections
to everyone.
You can read our new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service documents here:
https://www.freelists.org/privacy.html
https://www.freelists.org/tos.html
What's Changing
* As of May 19th, 2018, all new subscribers to all lists have been
directed through these documents and a consent process to keep a
record of their acceptance of them.
* The subscriber actions form on your lists' List Pages
(www.freelists.org/list/<list>) are now less-susceptible to
automated bot attacks. This should improve the quality of the
experience.
* We've long offered a relatively wide-open subscription form you can
host on your web site. Within a week or so these forms will redirect
them will be redirected to your List Page to use the new consent
system. We recommend you take these forms off your sites (and
replace them with a link to your List Page) to avoid any confusion.
* The Web Login is really only useful to list admins. We'll be making
that distinction more clear in the coming weeks.
Covering Existing Subscribers
Unfortunately our long-standing tradition of requiring opt-in to join a
list is not sufficient and an extra step must be taken.
We'd like to make the transition to a post-GDPR world as smooth as
possible for you. As soon as we can wrap up the code behind this --
hopefully by the end of this weekend -- we are going to start pulling in
anyone who actively posts to a list by emailing them /o//n//ce/ after
they post asking them to express their consent. If they ignore this or
choose to opt out, we will unsubscribe them from the list. They're
always free to subscribe again later, of course. This will get us a more
gradual migration with slightly less disruption.
The next step is to ensure we've covered everyone else -- subscribers
who haven't yet posted and been looped in through the above process --
with a similar message asking them to provide consent. This leads to a
bit more disruption and potentially some subscriber loss. It's a
necessary step though /and we think//the end st//ate is an improvement./
This is where you come in!
* _Please let your subscribers know they might be hearing from us__._
(Again, very new subscribers are already covered.)_
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* If you have any suggestions on how to proceed, things to be aware
of, things perhaps we haven't thought of, please reach out to us.
* Some EU-based lists are anxious to get everyone covered quickly and
we're here to help. Let us know if you'd like your lists to be
covered immediately.
* We'll accomplish all of this without requiring any new accounts or
logins or gathering of further, unnecessary data.
Here to Help
As always, we're here to help. Any concerns, suggestions, or questions,
please feel free to reach out.
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Paul & Nina Dally
www.apexmorzine.com
Paul 0033671825542
Nina 0033610938148
Le Morzenettaz 0033450746549
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