> The email address is an address, part of your personally identifiable data.
> If an identifiable entity in the US sends mass mail to European addresses,
> then they must have a representative in Europe and comply with the GDPR.
I somehow missed that John is in the U.K., and actually re-reading his email
suggests that he may be in Canada ("hoses me off" ;-) )... John, if you are in
Canada than this may fall under CASL, in which case you can report the email
here:
http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/h_00017.html
If you are, in fact, in the EU, then by all means I'd go the route of invoking
GDPR. Many (if not most..sigh) entities in the U.S. believe that they don't
have to worry or care about GDPR..however the language in GDPR that says, in
essence, "we will go after anybody anywhere in the world who violates GDPR"
coupled with the private right of action suggests that you'd at least have a
shot. The reason that political spam is exempted in the U.S. is because of the
1st Amendment..which of course does not apply outside the U.S.. ;-)
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
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> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 17:03, John Hardin <jhar...@impsec.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Nov 2018, Rupert Gallagher wrote:
>>
>> > Yes, if you are European, and might get some money as compensation.
>>
>> From a US political advocacy group which has no commercial presence in EU?
>> How does GDPR apply in that situation?
>>
>> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 04:19, Joe Acquisto-j4 <j...@j4computers.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Gents,
>> >>
>> >> 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?
>>
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