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[Troll]

There was a separate sheet of paper that came with the register letter that covered this issue, which by law I think meant they had to change the way they do things. Not sure what the details were now though, or whether the default is opt in or opt out. I suspect it used to be opt in to spam by default, but now at the very least it's made clear that you are opting in, whether by default or by choice.

On our EF there is an explanation of the two type of lists, and you have to mark those people in the household for who you do not want their details included in the commercially available list.

All well and good unless you entrust the wife to fill in the document......

[TimberWolf]

On our EF there is an explanation of the two type of lists, and you have to mark those people in the household for who you do not want their details included in the commercially available list.

All well and good unless you entrust the wife to fill in the document......

I replied using the automated phone system (took seconds), with which they offered a choice of phone buttons to press, covering opting in or opting out. Maybe they've filed my phone number now

[eek]

On our EF there is an explanation of the two type of lists, and you have to mark those people in the household for who you do not want their details included in the commercially available list.

All well and good unless you entrust the wife to fill in the document......

Or your wife grabs the form and returns it before you can correct the mistake.

[Troll]

Or your wife grabs the form and returns it before you can correct the mistake.

Aye.. best to limit them to cooking & cleaning

[SneakySimon]

I wonder.........

.........with this modern age, I think our kids are going to have a massively different experience of their parents than we did.

What have I got of what my father did when he was in his teens / twenties / thirties? Lovely stories of his life, funny stories, stories that shape his life, odd black and white pictures and that is all. For our generation, our children will be able to access thousands of sources of information on the internet – 1000’s of pictures (not all great!), status updates etc – makes you wonder if it will allow our children to know us better or will push them away in some way – they always say don’t never meet your idols.

That was deep. Time to make a cuppa!

[SueEllen]

There was a separate sheet of paper that came with the register letter that covered this issue, which by law I think meant they had to change the way they do things. Not sure what the details were now though, or whether the default is opt in or opt out. I suspect it used to be opt in to spam by default, but now at the very least it's made clear that you are opting in, whether by default or by choice.

The default is opt-in and you have to tick it now every year to opt-out.