I am concerned at the possibility the ECF may resume sending emails with no opt out option.
I therefore posted this:
The following post by a moderator ( which may or may not have been a response to mine) included the linesBill Porter wrote:In http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... 60#p109914 on Sat 9th Mar, 2013Chris Fegan wrote:It is part of a package of communication improvements that are being worked on- a general website review, twitter changes, direct e-mail, etc,etcAs far as I can tell without actually joining the ECF, there is still no possibility of opting out of receiving unwanted emails.Sean Hewitt ECF DoMM wrote:For those interested in the actual legalities rather than opinion, the ECF would need a 'soft opt in' option if it wanted to market other chess related products to its members. This would be the case if, for example, the ECF wanted to sell chess books or equipment to members.
The ECF does not need such an option for it to be able to tell ECF members what the benefits of the membership they have already purchased are.
Nevertheless, as I said in the email, we will be offering the facility to opt out of receiving emails from the ECF and that's work that's being done as we speak. The ECF does not have to do this but is doing so because it's good customer service. Of course, the ECF has to email its members to tell them about this possibility.
I am very pleased that I have received a number emails which have said how pleased they are that the ECF is trying to do something positive for them though, of course, you can't please all of the people all of the time.
From the above and other posts by Sean Hewitt ECF DoMM it seems the ECF's policy is that until there is an opt out option, it can send unwanted emails including advertisements, provided it does not obtain any financial benefit.
I would appreciate a clarification of the ECF's direct e-mail policy.
There has been no direct response of any sort to my post.Bill Phillips wrote:I think that the engagement of the directors of the ECF and others that are involved in chess organisation in England is very important to the individual success of this forum. It will not become "sticky" unless they engage with the discussions and answer enquiries.
It's clear that at present the best way to get the attention of the ECF is to post on this forum.