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Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams | Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people::Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Got a couple of e-mails from them on one of my mail accounts, even though I never subscribed to them (in fact, at that time I didn't even know who they were). Marked them as spam, and Gmail never showed me more of their e-mails. If enough people did the same, e-mails from the hellofresh domain may now be is some of the biggest spam filters. Way to shoot themselves in the foot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah same thing for me, though I was subscribed to their service for about 6 months. The emails aren't a problem. It's the snail mail crap they send every week or so that's getting old. Haven't been subscribed to them in about two years but yet I still regularly get those stupid "we miss you!" letters. Just be honest Hello Fresh, you miss my money and me as a potential data harvesting target; you don't give a shit about me as a person.