LinkedIn Violates CAN-SPAM

2 pointsby sukingقبل 15 سنة2 comments

Our company has a google apps account and recently terminated an employee and got rid of his email account. Now I get all his old email to our catch-all. LinkedIn will not let me unsubscribe from his updates to this email address without logging in - which I obviously can't do nor is it legal to make someone login to unsubscribe. Anyone from LinkedIn please take care of this - I get 5+ emails/day from his updates and groups he was in. This is a violation of CAN-SPAM.

Thanks.

1 comments

paulhauggisقبل 15 سنة

Here is a link to the can spam law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003

"any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service"

I don't think it violates the law because it's sending you updates to his account (which he has contol over), not adverting for a service or product.

sukingقبل 15 سنة

So I can send emails all day long with an update to people to visit my site. Since they get money if you go to their site I would consider it commercial. Also - even if it isn't commercial - they should let you 1 click unsubscribe - pretty scummy I cannot stop these emails.