Today I received an unsolicited e-mail advertisement (spam) from Fox Chapel Publishing trying to sell me books on carving and intarsia. It was addressed to the unique address I used when I became an AAW member. This address was previously only known to AAW. (I use a different address for virtually everything, and other than when I joined AAW, this address has not been used or given to others by me.) I gather that AAW sold my e-mail address to either Fox Chapel Publishing or their agent.
Now in the grand scheme if things, one more spam message isn't a big issue. I do, however, have a problem when a professional organization like AAW (to which I pay dues) farms my name and address out to others. That's not OK. And for the record, my AAW registration address is different than the one I used to sign up on this forum, so I know it was not mined from my profile here.
Now in the grand scheme if things, one more spam message isn't a big issue. I do, however, have a problem when a professional organization like AAW (to which I pay dues) farms my name and address out to others. That's not OK. And for the record, my AAW registration address is different than the one I used to sign up on this forum, so I know it was not mined from my profile here.
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