I had a similar issue with Microsoft today. They obviously invented a new "Copilot Newsletter" and subscribed my address to it, without my consent.

I wonder what the legislation says (I'm in Germany). I know that some business related mails are deemed legal, but this seems to clearly cross the line.

▲

chrisjj 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

UK legislation says it is illegal. MS are serial offenders and the UK regulator has charged them not once.

▲

gingerlime an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same. Posted a comment about it [0]. I already filed a GDPR and ePrivacy compliants. Happy to share notes. Contact details in my profile.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46730206

▲

user34283 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

[flagged]

	▲	direwolf20 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Of course it appears repeatedly. It occurs every single time they run a new marketing campaign.
	▲	gingerlime an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		no unsubscribe button in this MS Copilot campaign. And they’re trying to gaslight like it’s some essential notification when it’s clearly and blatantly unnecessary marketing spam.