<![CDATA[Why Forced Complaince to Spam Under Threat?]]>Yes, that's a descriptive thread title.

Why are we being forced to accept Spam under threat of denied access to the boards when trying to ask simple questions?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/27275/why-forced-complaince-to-spam-under-threatRSS for NodeSat, 11 Jul 2026 12:31:53 GMTFri, 22 Jun 2018 10:02:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why Forced Complaince to Spam Under Threat? on Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:24:10 GMT]]>@divisionbe I must disagree with you on that one.
The consent regarding email looks like this:

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There is NOTHING here that mentions or "grants permissions" for promotional mail. If you feel differently, please point us to the specific sentence that bothers you, please.

Once again: Forums send two types of e-mails:

  1. Digest emails - these are Forum's "here's what happened on Opera Forums since last day/week/month" updates. We do not send them unless you opt-in. Here's how it looks like for a fresh account (Profile > Settings):
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  2. Notification emails - these inform you about various events (people replying to your topics, sending you chat messages, mentions you, etc). Again, all opt-in:

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You need to intentionally set this to Email only or Notification and email if you wish to receive e-mails about these events.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149751https://forums.opera.com/post/149751Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:24:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why Forced Complaince to Spam Under Threat? on Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:09:26 GMT]]>@amatczak then you (meaning Opera since your account has Opera badge, not you specifically) should probably re-word the agreement page one must past to first login to forums, currently its granting permissions for promotional mail, i.e. spam.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149741https://forums.opera.com/post/149741Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:09:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why Forced Complaince to Spam Under Threat? on Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:07:55 GMT]]>I think @y0y0 refers to the GDPR roadblock that indeed you need to accept in order to use this forums. I want to point out that these forums will never send you any e-mails unless you specifically request them either by subscribing to Digest newsletters or by changing you notification settings to enable e-mail notifications. Everything here is purely opt-in.

As for the roadblock, that's a legal requirement that we inform you about the data we process and how we process it and obtain your clear consent for such cases. Blame EU.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/149495https://forums.opera.com/post/149495Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:07:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why Forced Complaince to Spam Under Threat? on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:28:45 GMT]]>I don't see it - what spam is this?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/148933https://forums.opera.com/post/148933Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:28:45 GMT