102 24 May 2018
Dear All, As usual in my world things get left until the very last minute despite all the best intentions. I am very aware of what a massive gap there has been since I last put any artwork on eBay and used this mailing list to let you all know. This is not because there is no remaining artwork nor is it because I have decided to throw everything left into a skip or onto a bonfire. My lame excuse is that I have been overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I need to get sorted and the list that awaits my attention and gets longer and longer. I know I said at Christmas that I would be resuming artwork activity and I know that I have again failed to live up to that but I assure you that the project I have been involved in for at least 14 months is now finally drawing to completion and I expect to be clear of it by the end of this month. If anyone is vaguely interested in what it might have been that has kept me snowed under all that time I will send out a link for general interest once the material is publicly available. Anyway, the real purpose of this mailing is because I am not really sure what my legal obligations are in connection with maintaining this list of email addresses once the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018 … tomorrow ! Some of the advice I have been given suggests that it is not good enough to offer an "opt-out" or "unsubscribe" option and that it is necessary to obtain an explicit "opt-in". Communications I have myself received on this matter seem to fall into both categories but my friend Robin the Barrister has strongly advised that I need to state my "Privacy Policy" and ask for an explicit YES or NO. So here we go … PRIVACY POLICY … very simple indeed : I hold a list of names and their email addresses in the form of a group in the address book app on a Mac. These names and addresses are never used for any purposes other than to provide general information connected with animated graphics from the 1981 BBC TV series of Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the availability of items of artwork from that series listed on eBay. I am an individual working alone and to my knowledge no other person has access to this data or can obtain it. Except to wish a Happy Christmas and New Year to those on the list it has never been used for any other purpose nor will it be nor will it ever be passed to or sold to any third party. So that I have fulfilled any legal responsibility I may have in this I now ask you please to click your REPLY button and in either the subject line or body content type YES or NO. If your answer is YES I will retain your address in the group as it has been until now … and of course if your answer is No I will delete both your name and email address. If I receive no answer of any kind by the end of May I will sadly be obliged to remove you from the list. If you find this has somehow happened without your being aware of it you can of course re-join at any time here - Join H2G2 Mailing List Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Best wishes to all, Rod To be taken off the mailing list please reply with "REMOVE" in the subject or content. |