User Gets Creative Revenge After Coworking Space Refuses Account Deletion
When a user attempted to close their account at a coworking space to stop receiving unwanted marketing emails, they were told by customer service that account deletion was impossible. The representative suggested that the user simply change their account email address to one they do not use frequently to avoid the messages. In a retaliatory move, the user updated the account's contact information to the email address of the specific customer service representative who provided the advice, effectively redirecting the spam back to the source.
Yeah, and, of course, the email change has been made without new email validation...
GDPR. EU is WAY better than wtf was written here.
That's illegal in the USA and I believe in the EU as well.
10minute mail solves this kind of shit
Hmm, if this company has EU customers, this will lead to a blood bath.
Mark as spam and finished not worth the hassle.
Laugh in GDPR
When changing to HIS email, he needs to click the link to confirm, in the automated email sent as part of email address change. But he won't do that.
Just add their whole domain to spam...
say what you want about the EU regulations being excessive sometimes, but this is a nice example of it giving its citizens a knife and saying 'here, use this' (GDPR, mandatory unsubscribe from targeted spam, etc)