HI PI. I am now in next day mode
. I can see where the confusion has come from.
I personally do not access the information I was posting about. It is the company for whom I built the site who do, and they ARE registered under all the required legislative bodies. When I say 'we' I mean them acting on my advice, I always look at a customers business as if it were my own or else I don't think I could do my job.So to clear things up.
No databases are bought or sold
Visitors to the site register for the information and agree to receive further helpful info from time to time
The database created is 100% opt in and inclusive.
The only thing I don't understand though is how the government can restrict the use of an opt in list? Surely that would be a direct breach of the human rights act, and also a breach of the European free trade directive by way of restriction of trade. People have the RIGHT to opt into a mailing list and a right to receive any information they may want to receive, exactly in the same way people have the option to opt out!
Opting to receive information is a basic human right, and a company is entitled to enter into an agreement with any party it chooses to. As long as the company stay within the terms of the original agreement, as well as any legislation in place such as the human rights act, data protection act etc, I fail to see what the government can possibly do about it.
I am not being pedantic here, but what your saying has massive ramifications for the whole of British industry. Or have I misunderstood what you said (this is probably the case
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