Uber: a spam company. Lenovo: a spam company. Lastminute: a spam company
I've just received yet another spam from Uber. I opted out. Yes, I've opted out several times before. The spam from Lenovo is more interesting. They are very determined to piss off their customers, and their geniuses in the spam department have come up with the following wheeze: the spam is dressed up as a "rewards statement", and according to their legal theory, can now be counted as "transactional" and therefore mandatory. Never mind that I didn't get any reward points this month, nor did I ask to enroll in their rewards scheme, nor did I consent to use of my email address for anything except specific communication about a laptop purchase I did a while back. Note how they taunt the spam victim with "This is not a marketing or promotional email. You cannot unsubscribe as this is a transactional email". If anything is asking for some anti-spam litigation, this is it. Around 2013-2014 I did take legal action against a dozen or so spamme...