If you have been in a cave for the last couple of months you might have missed all the fuss about the new “anti-spam” law. For those of you not yet in the know, very simply put you cant send email/phone spam without someone “opting in” and you have to give them the option to “opt out” on all the spam you send.

The law officially began on the 5th of September and for the last week or so I have been spammed by anyone and everyone who has my email address. Some organisations are offering me the option of opting out. Some are trying to seduce me with prizes to officially opt in (magazine subscriptions, ipods, accommodation for two…). On the 5th of September alone I got 7 “anti-spam” emails.

The upside is that I have probably dropped about 50% of that annoying spam I regularly get but cant be bothered unsubscribing to. The sad thing is that I have opted in to a couple just cause I want the prize!

Filed under: Ramblings, Work by Louie Date 9 September, 2007