Ring of Kerry have sold/given out our email addresses

kenmc · 01-07-2009 08:31AM #1

Lads and lassies,
if any of ye have received an email from "Nationwide Laptop Repair" over the last few days, it's because the Ring of Kerry have passed on a list of email addresses; I know this cos I use spamgourmet for disposable addresses, and the one attributed to my ring of kerry registration has been used for spam.
Muppets.

kippy · 01-07-2009 08:38AM

Surely not. Thats disgraceful if true.

kenmc · 01-07-2009 08:41AM

Well I've not used that particular disposable for anything else, and yet here it is being used by a spammer. 2 + 2 rarely equals anything other than 4.

Chips Lovell · 01-07-2009 08:41AM

Was there a box to tick somewhere?

Hmmm, just checked my spam folder and I got one too. I usually never tick those boxes, so I'm wondering if there was one at all now.

penexpers · 01-07-2009 08:44AM

I got one too.

kenmc · 01-07-2009 08:44AM

I don't think there was a box of any sort, cos I certainly would not have ticked it to receive spam. Of course the online registration is now closed.
I'm not actually doing the event this year so I can't, but I would suggest all others to make their displeasure on this known to the organizers at registration.

Caroline_ie · 01-07-2009 08:48AM

that's how we get nice sandwiches and cakes ...!

penexpers · 01-07-2009 08:50AM

kenmc wrote: »

I don't think there was a box of any sort, cos I certainly would not have ticked it to receive spam. Of course the online registration is now closed.
I'm not actually doing the event this year so I can't, but I would suggest all others to make their displeasure on this known to the organizers at registration.

Or even better still, send the mail on, with full headers, to support@messagelabs.com

kenmc · 01-07-2009 08:52AM

Caroline_ie wrote: »

that's how we get nice sandwiches and cakes ...!

I don't like spam sandwiches

kippy · 01-07-2009 08:56AM

Caroline_ie wrote: »

that's how we get nice sandwiches and cakes ...!

Is the event free to enter otherwise?
If there wasnt some form of a tickbox to opt in/out of advertising, its well low.

kenmc · 01-07-2009 08:58AM

kippy wrote: »

Is the event free to enter otherwise?

technically no, you have to raise sponsorship money. there is no minimum required though.

If there wasnt some form of a tickbox to opt in/out of advertising, its well low.

Definitely.

penexpers · 01-07-2009 09:05AM

penexpers wrote: »

Or even better still, send the mail on, with full headers, to support@messagelabs.com

This is the best way to get back at him, messagelabs will not be happy that their servers are being used for unsolicited spam.

Raam · 01-07-2009 09:09AM

I got that email about laptops.

AstraMonti · 01-07-2009 09:13AM

Got the email too..

ednwireland · 01-07-2009 09:17AM

kippy wrote: »

If there wasnt some form of a tickbox to opt in/out of advertising, its well low.

well low and possibly illegal i thought you had to provide an opt in mechanism before you were allowed to use addresses, but not 100% on that one.

Raam · 01-07-2009 09:20AM

Powersearchireland are in Kerry also, hmmm

http://whois.domaintools.com/powersearchireland.com

Registrant:
IMG
3 Annadale Road
Killorglin, Co Kerry 99999
IE

Domain Name: POWERSEARCHIRELAND.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Gillespie, Aidan
IMG
3 Annadale Road
Killorglin, Co. Kerry xx
IE
+353 66 9762702

Record expires on 24-Mar-2010.
Record created on 24-Mar-2000.
Database last updated on 1-Jul-2009 03:59:13 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.WEBFUSION.CO.UK
NS2.WEBFUSION.CO.UK

LastFridayNight · 01-07-2009 09:25AM

If they've done that, they've broken the law, and I would strongly suggest you getting together to write to the data protection office to complain. Need to make an example of these folks so it doesn't happen again. Even if it was the website operator sold your email addresses, the Kerry tour organisers are still responsible for them.

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, Ireland.
LoCall 1890 25 22 31 - Phone 00353 57 868 4800 - Fax 00353 57 868 4757 - email info@dataprotection.ie

penexpers · 01-07-2009 09:32AM

I was in touch with the Website developers and they said that they don't have the e-mail addresses - that they are only held by the organisers in the head office. I have sent them the e-mail and they are going to chase it up.

irishmotorist · 01-07-2009 09:40AM

LastFridayNight wrote: »

If they've done that, they've broken the law, and I would strongly suggest you getting together to write to the data protection office to complain. Need to make an example of these folks so it doesn't happen again. Even if it was the website operator sold your email addresses, the Kerry tour organisers are still responsible for them.

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, Ireland.
LoCall 1890 25 22 31 - Phone 00353 57 868 4800 - Fax 00353 57 868 4757 - email info@dataprotection.ie

+1

lescol · 01-07-2009 09:46AM

I too got the e-mail but had deleted it without opening it. I work near Annadale Road and have used Aidan to repair my laptop, I have e-mailed him to remove me from the mailing list and directed him to this thread. If I receive another I'll be calling in, SPAM is bad enough but to be getting it from someone this close is galling.

kenmc · 01-07-2009 09:49AM

First we need to find out how he got all the email addresses. Is he on the committee of the ROK? Or did he steal find a bord-gais laptop?

penexpers · 01-07-2009 09:50AM

lescol wrote: »

I too got the e-mail but had deleted it without opening it. I work near Annadale Road and have used Aidan to repair my laptop, I have e-mailed him to remove me from the mailing list and directed him to this thread. If I receive another I'll be calling in, SPAM is bad enough but to be getting it from someone this close is galling.

Ok, this is being chased from multiple angles now

I got a reply from the website developers. They also got the same spam message from him. They will definitely be chasing this up too.

kenmc · 01-07-2009 09:52AM

Gotta love the powers of the internets!

kippy · 01-07-2009 09:53AM

kenmc wrote: »

Gotta love the powers of the internets!

Gotta love the "good" powers of the internets. Its the "dark" side thats caused this thread in the first place.

warrfla · 01-07-2009 10:01AM

ye got it too, definitely related to ROK registration

blorg · 01-07-2009 10:16AM

The ROK organisers may not be 100% up to speed on how unacceptable it is to pass on emails etc. so I would give them a second chance- needs to be made clear to them that it is utterly unacceptable, but probably they have just passed them on to this laptop guy Aidan, you will not (I hope) be getting a flood of spam from elsewhere.

I have got the occasional emails from Aidan Gillespie myself, not related to the ROK, he got my email address a few years ago from somewhere else, where I do not know. He really shouldn't be doing it, I agree, but I count 8 emails from him since late 2007 so it was not crazy excessive.

Raam · 01-07-2009 10:18AM

We should probably all drop in and buy a memory stick while we are down there.

kenmc · 01-07-2009 10:18AM

blorg wrote: »

The ROK organisers may not be 100% up to speed on how unacceptable it is to pass on emails etc.

I find that incredibly hard to believe, in this day and age, what with the recent scandals about laptops from bord gais, BofI etc going missing that ANYONE can claim to be unaware of the importance of keeping customers/clients etc data safe.

alfalad · 01-07-2009 10:22AM

Raam wrote: »

We should probably all drop in and buy a memory stick while we are down there.

How about we call in and ask to borrow a memory stick!

kenmc · 01-07-2009 10:23AM

Raam wrote: »

We should probably all drop in and buy be given a memory stick while we are down there.

better

Chips Lovell · 01-07-2009 10:37AM

Raam wrote: »

We should probably all drop in and buy a memory stick while we are down there.

Nah, ask him for the loan of a pump.

Ring of Kerry have sold/given out our email addresses

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