Opt In by proxy

[hurleyint1386]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY

Follow up phone calls after an email has been sent have some people referring us to another person or email address. If we add them to our lead database to send them a copy of the email (with complete opt-out process in the footer), is there any law being broken? We have a list of email addresses being recommended to us to send to instead. This would be a commercial email.

 

[hurleyint1386]

After looking around, it looks like in the US, there is no requirement for Opt-In (Canada is quite different, so need to comb through the list).

 

[quincy]

After looking around, it looks like in the US, there is no requirement for Opt-In (Canada is quite different, so need to comb through the list).

Are you in Canada or in the US?

Are you talking about the CAN-SPAM Act? If you are, here is a link to a guide from the FTC on business compliance with the Act: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business

Your first post is a bit unclear.

 

[FlyingRon]

Even if you are not breaking the law with unsolicited commercial communication, many people take issue with it and if they report it to the spam databases (as I regularly do), it can get your mailings blocked by the larger population of people who have spam filters on their email box. Be very careful with your unsolicited email correspondence. Further, if you wish to call them there's no "opt-out" feature if they are on the do not call list. You may NOT call individuals listed no matter how wonderful a lead you got from someone.

 

[quincy]

Even if you are not breaking the law with unsolicited commercial communication, many people take issue with it and if they report it to the spam databases (as I regularly do), it can get your mailings blocked by the larger population of people who have spam filters on their email box. Be very careful with your unsolicited email correspondence. Further, if you wish to call them there's no "opt-out" feature if they are on the do not call list. You may NOT call individuals listed no matter how wonderful a lead you got from someone.

I am still confused what Canada has to do with hurleyint's concerns, but you would probably like Canada's new (as of July 2014) anti-spam law, FlyingRon, since you have expressed so often your love of spam.

Here is a link to an American Bar Association article on Canada's law:
http://www.americanbar.org/publications/blt/2014/01/keeping_current_french.html

The opt-in provision has many obvious advantages for consumers over the opt-out provision in the US CAN-Spam Act.