Junk texts from Orange shops

JC wrote:

> We've just received the following on a couple of (non business) Orange
> phones:

> "Hounslow Orange Shop. 800 XNET Mins + 1000 Txts + Magic No. + Free
> broadband. £45 a mth. Interested? text YES for Callback." From:
> +447973331839

> ... This looks like it's actually coming from our local Orange
> (branded) shop who we upgraded phones with a year ago - which raises
> the following:

Check the documents you signed with them when upgrading last year. If
you ticked the box to opt-out of marketing contact, etc. then have them
prosecuted under the Data Protection Act.

Tariq

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JC <[email protected]> wrote:
> We've just received the following on a couple of (non business) Orange
> phones: [...]

> ... This looks like it's actually coming from our local Orange
> (branded) shop who we upgraded phones with a year ago - which raises
> the following:

> 2. I believe this message to be illegal, given we've not knowingly
> consented to being sent spam.

Any company of which you are a customer is allowed to send you
marketing information unless you have explicitly opted out. Since you've
purchased something from this Orange shop, it's therefore not an illegal
communication.

The simplest solution is to contact them and ask them to remove you from
their marketing list.

Chris

[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> Text them back the word STOP
> Easy done

That won't actually achieve anything. This was not an automated system
sending the messages, it was a person with a phone. A person who already
had a phone off them last year. All they are doing is going through
last years paperwork and texting each customer once. The OP won't get
that message again.

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Regards
Jon