>
> Gents,
Ahem. ;-)
>
> I somehow became subscribed to a list, political in nature, in whose mail I
> have no interest. This is a legitimate AFAIK, US organization.
>
> Thus far, several uses of their unsubscribe link had not provided relief.
> Direct email to the founder and operations manager seem to have been ignored
> as well.
>
> While I can just dump their mail, it offends my finely hones sense of
> propriety, justice and my all around good nature. Besides, it hoses me off.
>
> So, is there some "authority" to which I can report these a**holes? that
> might have an effect?
Speaking as someone who actually wrote part of the U.S. anti-spam law (of which
I'm the first to say that it is pathetic and anemic (except of course, the part
that I wrote ;-) )...I can say categorically that political email is exempt
from most Federal law relating to email, email marketing, etc..
But THAT said, a word to their provider can (and sometimes does) still have the
desired (individual) effect, because providers care about their IP space
reputation (more so than most political campaigns).
Anne
Anne P. Mitchell,
Attorney at Law
GDPR, CCPA (CA) & CCDPA (CO) Compliance Consultant
Author: Section 6 of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the Federal anti-spam law)
Legislative Consultant
CEO/President, Institute for Social Internet Public Policy
Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange
Board of Directors, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop
Legal Counsel: The CyberGreen Institute
Legal Counsel: The Earth Law Center
California Bar Association
Cal. Bar Cyberspace Law Committee
Colorado Cyber Committee
Ret. Professor of Law, Lincoln Law School of San Jose
Ret. Chair, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop
