alt Hacker NewsI had a similar issue with Microsoft today. They obviously invented a new "Copilot Newsletter" and subscribed my address to it, without my consent.
I wonder what the legislation says (I'm in Germany). I know that some business related mails are deemed legal, but this seems to clearly cross the line.
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Same. Posted a comment about it [0]. I already filed a GDPR and ePrivacy compliants. Happy to share notes. Contact details in my profile.
Cross the line? It all seems a tad dramatic to me.
You've been subscribed to some new marketing mail list against your wishes, from an existing service.
Not great, but as long as the unsubscribe button is working and this does not occur repeatedly, it just seems like not such a big deal.
To me it seems like some users demand a way to block any messages about AI because the topic sends them over the edge for political reasons. That's not a reasonable expectation.
UK legislation says it is illegal. MS are serial offenders and the UK regulator has charged them not once.