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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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Why aren't email providers liable in some way or another for scams operated via accounts on their domains?

Suppose a spam email tells you that you've earned $1m. To get the funds the email goes on to tell you to email joe.schmoe@gmail.com. My question revolves around why Gmail doesn't block "joe.schmoe@gmail.com" on the spot when it detects such an…
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Legality of emails reminding of abandoned carts

Some online retailers and service providers have this habit of emailing their would-be (or existing) customers who added something to their shopping cart, entered their email address, but then changed their mind and navigated away. A typical email…
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Can the government force spammers to disclose how they got my e-mail address?

My impression is that a large proportion of unsolicited email marketing (SPAM) originates because the recipient willingly provides their address in the course of a desired interaction with a second-party, but in the process unwittingly consents to…
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Could there be a lawsuit against actionnetwork.org for sending unstoppable spam?

actionnetwork.org is a mass-email tool for politics. Once a user has signed up for ANY campaign newsletter that is built on actionnetwork, all other campaigns on actionnetwork are free to spam the user. There is no way to unsubscribe from all…
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Is wiki vandalism illegal?

Is it legal to vandalize wikis if the vandal doesn't use hacked accounts? Could the vandal either be prosecuted or sued?
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Can we use client email addresses for marketing?

I work in a small design agency and we are launching a new product soon. What laws govern our ability to email our past clients about this news? When we work with clients we don't ask for their permission to add them to our contacts list, it's just…
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Sending Unsolicited Text Messages

In this hypothetical scenario we have a business (LLC) that legally purchased phone numbers from a website that sells lists of phone numbers and names. The business then decides to send 30,000 text messages daily to 30,000 individuals on that list.…
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Legality Of Robo Calling Robocallers

I have seen a few videos out there where an individual will find a spam robo caller's number and flood the call center with their own robo call. Preventing the spammer from making any new calls and scamming more people. Is this legal? Or is this…
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Is it legal to track a scammer's IP address?

One of my contacts has messaged me asking for help about a scam. He was saying that one same person keeps harassing him with scam messages threatening to put some videos of him online if he doesn't pay them a certain amount of money. So I was…
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Do I have any legal recourse against trolls spamming my forum?

I run a forum for supporters of a sports club. I often get supporters from a rival club coming in, creating a user, and spamming my forum, most often after we lose a big game, particularly if against a team they support. I ban them, but they keep…
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Legality of mass email situation

I am launching a business directed towards college campuses. I know the email address format of the first college I will be launching at is firstname.lastname@college.edu . Basically, I would not have these emails because people signed up to hear…
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Mailing bot illegal? [Social Experiment]

Hope I am in the right place for this type of question. I am a developer that would like to start up a little project that is kind of a social experiment. The idea is that I setup a mailing bot with a list of emails (say a few million from a online…
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Can I send someone who wants to meet me about a business contract on a "wild goose chase"?

I have received an unsolicited electronic message (email sent through my web site) touting for business. The sender is in breach of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act, and I hate spam. He also represents a real company in my part of the…
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Is it legitimate to ask a potential claimant in a class action settlement not to contact the court to inquire about it?

I have seen an email from a lawyer telling the recipient that they may be entitled to money from a class action settlement. After quite a few paragraphs about this, it says: PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK’S OFFICE TO INQUIRE…
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