[kwlug-disc] Disillusioned

[CrankyOldBugger]

Yeah, I never saw it..  Just like the 'unsubscribe' button on Dogwood is in
small print way down below the regular text.

Sure, maybe they did what was required legally, but this whole brouhaha
should never have happened in the first place.


On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 9:52 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The OPT-OUT is there, just below "Sign The Petition!" button, in smallish
> text, as per:
>
>    -
>       - You may receive email updates from *OpenMedia and Dogwood,* the
>       sponsors of this petition.
>       - You may receive email updates from *OpenMedia,* who shared this
>       petition with you.
>       - Close Preferences
>       -
>          - Opt in to email updates from OpenMedia and Dogwood
>          - Opt in to email updates from OpenMedia
>
>
> Ron S.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 9:41 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I got a reply to my "here's why I'm leaving you" email to OpenMedia:
>>
>> Hello Jeff,
>>
>> Thanks for reaching out. Dogwood was the co-sponsor of this petition, on
>> rare occasions we partner with other organizations who align with us in
>> order to make our petition stronger. That is why you are receiving a
>> follow-up email from Dogwood. We tried to make this very transparent by
>> stating it right below the "Sign the Petition" button, and we give everyone
>> the opportunity to opt out with the Edit Subscription Preferences button in
>> the same area. We'll keep exploring ways to make sure it's clear to
>> everyone, as we take your data extremely seriously, and we know you do too.
>> In the meantime, you can unsubscribe from any Dogwood communications at the
>> bottom of their emails and as per your request, we can remove you from any
>> further OpenMedia communications if that's still what you would like.
>>
>> Thanks so much for your support - Right to Repair is an issue that we're
>> passionate about and we know our community is, too. Please feel free to let
>> us know if you have any questions or any other feedback in the meantime.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Devon
>>
>>
>> Sounds to me like "there is an opt-out button, but damn if we can find
>> it..."
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 8:58 PM Znoteer via kwlug-disc <
>> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> In line...
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 08:38:56PM -0400, Doug Moen wrote:
>>> > [snip]
>>> > Looking around, what I have found are some university groups.
>>> >  * U of Ottawa: Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic:
>>> https://cippic.ca/index.php?q=en/
>>> >  * U of Toronto: Citizen Lab: https://citizenlab.ca/
>>>
>>> From what I've seen of Citizen Lab, they are hot stuff. I'd recommend
>>> checking them out if you're not familiar with them.
>>>
>>> --
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