Archive for May, 2008
Do you want to fund the lawsuit?
So, you have a cool new idea to get people on your mailing list. Or maybe it’s a cool new idea to keep people on your mailing list. Anyway, it’s cool, right? And it will mean more money, too! How strongly do you feel about it? No, really. How strongly? Are you willing to spend [...]
Israel Gets A Spam Law (With Teeth)
There are news reports of tough anti-spam legislation coming out of Israel: The bills passed yesterday allows persons to sue advertisers for compensation without the burden of proof of harm, for any spam sent without prior consent in writing. Violation of the law is now a criminal offense carrying a fine of up to NIS [...]
Why you want to unsubscribe quickly
1-800-Pet-Meds bills itself as “America’s Largest Pet Pharmacy”. And you might expect them to have good privacy policies, too, right? You’d be wrong. First off, they seem to have a problem with unsubscribing people from their lists. There’s an article that came across my desk today (courtesy of Google’s news alerts) from The Consumerist: Saturday, [...]
Tag44: Spamming for jobs
It’s time for another entry in the Email Hall of Shame. Tag44 has been emailing me for a while hoping that I’m in a hiring mood. Well, I am, as it happens. But I don’t hire people from unsolicited email. So, let’s start with the email:
