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A word on the International Email Privacy & Consent Guide from act-on

Posted on September 24, 2014 by | Leave a comment

international-antispam-lawsI generally like tabulated summaries. However, sometimes they tend to provide dangerous superficial knowledge. One example is the new “International Email Privacy & Consent Guide” from act-on (right figure), which is to provide an overview of the quite heterogeneous anti-spam law landscape. I don’t think it does. But decide for yourself… Continue reading →

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Ebook: Permissible Email Marketing in Germany, Austria & Switzerland (incl. int’l email legislation list)

Posted on March 27, 2014 by | 1 Comment

german-email-law The online marketing competence group of eco – Association of the German Internet Industry – just published their 5th edition of the popular “eco Directive for Permissible Email Marketing – Guidelines for Practical Use”.

The free ebook is a must-read not only for pasticipants of the CSA-whitelist and email marketers sending to the German-speaking part of Europe. For the first time, the current revision contains a worldwide opt-in/opt-out list – plus, it’s available in English, now. Continue reading →

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How PayPal (really) hit the email oops gallery

Posted on June 11, 2013 by | 1 Comment

Digital direct marketing is fast-paced. Thus, things can easily go wrong. We have seen the New York Times sending emails to 8 million subscribers instead of 300. We have also seen Mini stuffing people’s inboxes with hundreds of newsletters by mistake.

And speaking of such severe failures – here is what PayPal sent to many (or even all?) of its 20 million German accounts lately… Continue reading →

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Thunderbird wants email advertisers to honor ‘Do Not Track’

Posted on August 29, 2012 by | 5 Comments

After announcing to no longer focus on innovations for their email client, Mozilla now released Thunderbird 15. The last major one comes with a new privacy feature that could possibly have a huge impact on the email industry: Do Not Track for email. That means, the user shall be empowered to opt-out of tracking his user behavior (opens, clicks, …) by ticking a checkbox ‘Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked’ in the ‘Security > Web Content’ menu. Continue reading →

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Double opt-in in Germany – is it legally mandated?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by | 14 Comments

I noticed some buzz around the German opt-in legislation lately, or more precisely: concerning the use of double opt-in. (See for example the “Drowning in data” panel recording from the last Email Insider Summit at 38:11, or this tweet.) So… is double opt-in, where subscribers have to activate their subscription by clicking a confirmation link, required in Germany? Here are the most important things for you to know: Continue reading →

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