What I hold. Your name, your work email address,
your job title, your employer, and a short written note about that
company taken from its public website or partner-directory listing.
Where I got it. Your company's own website or
LinkedIn company page, and in some cases a vendor partner directory
such as Retell AI's or n8n's. I did not buy a list, and I did not
scrape or guess your address. If your address is not published
somewhere by your own company, I do not have it.
Why I am allowed to. My legitimate interest in
offering a business service to a business that plausibly needs it,
balanced against your interest in not being bothered. That balance
is why I keep the list under fifty companies, why I send at most one
follow-up, and why every message is written for you specifically. If
that balance ever tips, the answer is that I stop, not that I refine
the argument.
How long. Until you tell me to stop, or twelve
months after the last message with no reply, whichever comes first.
What you can do about it, and how fast. Reply to
any email from me with "no thanks", "remove", "stop", or anything
else that plainly means it. Recording your objection is same-day.
You do not need to explain, use a particular word, or be polite
about it.
Ask for deletion and I delete the lot: your record, your details,
and the note I wrote about your company.
I keep one thing: your email address, on a suppression list
I check before every send. That is not a loophole, it is
the only way to guarantee I never contact you again. Delete the
address too and you would simply reappear in the same directory in
three weeks and get the same email. If you would rather I kept
nothing at all, say so and I will do that instead, and you should
know it means I cannot promise you will not hear from me again.
You can also ask what I hold, ask me to correct it, or complain to
your data protection regulator. In the UK that is the ICO.