At UCrowded, we take permission seriously. By creating an account and agreeing to our Terms, you are also agreeing to this anti-spam policy.
The bottom line, it's about permission While the CAN-SPAM laws are helpful reducing the spam problem, they are not broad enough. Our definition of spam is more stringent than laws in most countries and includes what we believe to be true permission.
Spam is any email you send to someone who hasn't given you their permission to contact them on the topic of the email.
Our definition of permission is simple. UCrowded has zero tolerance for spam. The following are some specific examples for better understanding of UCrowded's Spam Policy.
To send email to anyone representing UCrowded opportunities, you must have clearly obtained their permission. This could be done through:
An email newsletter subscription form on your web site.
An opt-in checkbox on a form. This checkbox must not be checked by default, the person completing the form must willingly select the checkbox to indicate they want to hear from you.
If someone completes an offline form like a survey or enters a competition, you can only contact them if it was explained to them that they would be contacted by email AND they checked a box indicating they would like to be contacted.
Customers who have purchased from you within the last 2 years.
If someone gives you their business card and you have explicitly asked for permission to add them to your list, you can contact them. If they dropped their business card in a fishbowl at a trade show, there must be a sign indicating they will be contacted by email about that specific topic.
Basically, you can only email someone who has clearly given you permission to email them specifically about the subject you're contacting them about.
Methods not covered by the examples above do not mean permission. Here are some examples to be perfectly clear. By representing UCrowded opportunities, you agree not to import or send to any email address which:
You do not have provable permission to contact in relation to the topic of the email you're sending.
You buy, loan, rent or in any way acquire from a third party, no matter what is claimed about the quality or permission basis. You need to obtain permission yourself.
You haven't contacted via email in the last 2 years. Permission isn't forever and these people change email addresses or may not remember giving you their prior permission.
You scraped or copy and pasted from the web. A published email address doesn't mean they want to hear from you.
Some people might have given you their email address, but if you don't have permission to email them a message then you are not permissioned. Sending invitational or promotional emails to these type of relations won't be effective and will most likely be marked as spam and reported to UCrowded.
We'll hear about it if you spam
UCrowded has numerous reporting and monitoring services to ensure you comply with our anti-spam policy. These monitor blacklists and abuse reporting across the board from ISPs to Spam Cop. We are notified of any spam complaints directly.
If we receive spam complaints we will terminate your account with UCrowded immediately. These include, but not limited to, accounts at any UCrowded web properties.
It's common sense. If the recipient of your email doesn't recognize who you are or isn't interested in what you're communicating, they'll think you're a spammer. It's that simple.
If you want to report spamming activity by one of our users, contact our abuse department at: abuse at ucrowded dot com
The bottom line, it's about permission While the CAN-SPAM laws are helpful reducing the spam problem, they are not broad enough. Our definition of spam is more stringent than laws in most countries and includes what we believe to be true permission.
Spam is any email you send to someone who hasn't given you their permission to contact them on the topic of the email.
Our definition of permission is simple. UCrowded has zero tolerance for spam. The following are some specific examples for better understanding of UCrowded's Spam Policy.
To send email to anyone representing UCrowded opportunities, you must have clearly obtained their permission. This could be done through:
An email newsletter subscription form on your web site.
An opt-in checkbox on a form. This checkbox must not be checked by default, the person completing the form must willingly select the checkbox to indicate they want to hear from you.
If someone completes an offline form like a survey or enters a competition, you can only contact them if it was explained to them that they would be contacted by email AND they checked a box indicating they would like to be contacted.
Customers who have purchased from you within the last 2 years.
If someone gives you their business card and you have explicitly asked for permission to add them to your list, you can contact them. If they dropped their business card in a fishbowl at a trade show, there must be a sign indicating they will be contacted by email about that specific topic.
Basically, you can only email someone who has clearly given you permission to email them specifically about the subject you're contacting them about.
Methods not covered by the examples above do not mean permission. Here are some examples to be perfectly clear. By representing UCrowded opportunities, you agree not to import or send to any email address which:
You do not have provable permission to contact in relation to the topic of the email you're sending.
You buy, loan, rent or in any way acquire from a third party, no matter what is claimed about the quality or permission basis. You need to obtain permission yourself.
You haven't contacted via email in the last 2 years. Permission isn't forever and these people change email addresses or may not remember giving you their prior permission.
You scraped or copy and pasted from the web. A published email address doesn't mean they want to hear from you.
Some people might have given you their email address, but if you don't have permission to email them a message then you are not permissioned. Sending invitational or promotional emails to these type of relations won't be effective and will most likely be marked as spam and reported to UCrowded.
We'll hear about it if you spam
UCrowded has numerous reporting and monitoring services to ensure you comply with our anti-spam policy. These monitor blacklists and abuse reporting across the board from ISPs to Spam Cop. We are notified of any spam complaints directly.
If we receive spam complaints we will terminate your account with UCrowded immediately. These include, but not limited to, accounts at any UCrowded web properties.
It's common sense. If the recipient of your email doesn't recognize who you are or isn't interested in what you're communicating, they'll think you're a spammer. It's that simple.
If you want to report spamming activity by one of our users, contact our abuse department at: abuse at ucrowded dot com