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Questions relating to the law as it applies to email

Questions relating to the law as it applies to email

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Is it legal for a company to require you to delete your account to unsubscribe from marketing emails?

I'm subscribed to "Visual Studio Dev Essentials" (so that I can download older versions of Visual Studio from the Microsoft website), but they are sending me unwanted marketing emails regarding both Visual Studio Dev Essentials, and other…
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Could the GoDaddy employee self-phishing test constitute a breach of contract?

Recently, GoDaddy executed a self-phishing test against its own employees. The message that employees received said that they could claim their holiday bonus by submitting their contact details on some website: From: Happyholiday@Godaddy.com Date:…
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Does a boilerplate "This email is private" message have any legal force?

I get quite a few email messages with text like: IMPORTANT WARNING: This email (and any attachments) is only intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and confidential.…
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I forgot to BCC people in music promotion email

I am a small musician promoting a new song but forgot to put the recipients of a promotional email as BCC (I got the emails off of my presave list). One person has emailed me concerned about their email being visible. I don't know what to do
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Legal protections for an expired email domain

Recently, there was a question on Information Security which asked what could be done to protect the confidentiality of his contacts in the case that his custom email domain expires and someone else registers it. If this happens, the new registrant…
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Personal devices subject to subpoena?

I work for a company in the US in IT, and don't have a company provided phone. I've resisted installing work-related apps on my phone (such as Skype/Teams, Outlook) out of concern that my phone might be subpoenaed in the event that there is a legal…
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Deducing and using an email address under GDPR

I was recently contacted on a work email address by a recruiter, working from a private recruitment agency. I have had no prior contact with this recruiter or agency before this. The work email address I was contacted on is not listed in the public…
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What should I do if someone signs up for an account using my email address?

People periodically sign up for various sites with my email address, both US and internationally. Would it cause legal problems if I used the "forgot my password" option to reset the password and log into the account? I don't want to (not actually…
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Regularly receiving a stranger's emails

From time to time I receive emails intended for someone else with a similar email address. This has been going on now for years and in the meantime I've gotten a pretty good picture of this person. I can say for sure that this person exists and I…
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Can I freely redistribute attachments in emails? [USA]

Say a friend sends me a 3 minute video of his family vacation in Hawaii. Let's say the video is perfectly innocuous and has nothing compromising. Just boring family stuff. I then forward it to a bunch of other people without his permission. Is…
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Linux Foundation, Russian maintainers and sanctions on Russia

On Friday, Oct. 18th, 2024, the senior Linux1 maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, who works at the Linux Foundation, removed a number of Russian Linux maintainers from a file which lists them, citing "various compliance requirements". A discussion…
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Could the act of emailing publicly available information be deemed illegal?

Andy and Mary are friends. Andy discovers that Mary is secretly working as an escort. Nobody knows about this activity beyond Andy. He tries to convince her that escorting is harmful and will have a serious impact on her mental well-being in the…
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Do marketing emails require consent?

I am getting spammed with marketing emails from Tough Mudder. Their unsubscribe link takes me to a page where I have to either accept the fact they will send me emails or unsubscribe from everything, including important event information that has…
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Being the unintended recipient of an email; obliged to inform sender?

My real name seems to be very common in the US. I am UK based. I quite often get private emails not intended for me to my personal gmail account. They're not spam or phishing attempts. These have included a draft divorce settlement, a police report,…
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Use of trademark in personal email alias

I've just signed up to a new service (company) using my usual practice of giving them a unique email address companyname@mydomain.com. I've just received an email stating: Thank you for registering for an account with [COMPANY]. We would kindly…
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