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From Rod===
Dear Webby,
I have read some privacy policies and understand what they
say. I am wondering though, how binding are they ?
Rod

Dear Rod
Posting a privacy policy and not honoring it is fraud and
false advertising, and unlike going against the mushy
spam laws, that has serious legal consequences.

In addition to that, all the blacklists would instantly
jump on a company with a fake privacy policy, and
permanently blacklist it.

Not honoring a privacy policy would be commercial suicide.

If you are in doubt about a company, make a disposable
address and test it. Let's say that for example you mistrust
the Cumuli Ezine-finder people. Make an address like
cumuli@yourdomain.com or cumuli-yourname@hotmail.com.
Set that address to forward to your regular address. If it
gets spam, you can just kill that address or the forwarding.
Then use that address for voting.

If you EVER get any spam to that address, then they have
broken the law and you can get the courts to throw the book
at them.

By the way, I have tested Cumuli, and so have some friends.
Cumuli is clean and obeys the law. You can quite safely
register with them and then vote with a single click.

Have FUN
Dear Webby