Posted by
Defend America on Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:59:57 PM
This from a reader who sent some comments to the blog Hot Air:
After seeing this post on your web site, I can add some
information on who’s getting the emails. Some time back, I went to the
whitehouse.gov site and sent a congratulatory note by using the
“contact us” link. One of the required fields on that form is an email
address. I didn’t want to use my regular email address, so I used an
old email address that I never use anymore. When I read this post, I
became curious and checked that email address. Sure enough, there were
seven emails there from whitehouse.gov, starting on July 14 and going
up through the current David Axelrod “Something worth forwarding” email
today.
I have sent an email to the “flag” address using my regular email
address, but have not received any whitehouse.gov emails in return to
that address.
So for me, it defintely seems to be dependent on my contact to whitehouse.gov, even though no notice is given that you will be placed on an email list at that site.
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/13/major-garrett-grills-gibbs-why-are-people-getting-unsolicited-e-mails-from-david-axelrod-about-health-care/
Another update from Hot Air and this is sent in from tipster RLW, who refers readers to the White House's privacy page:
Collection and disclosure of information: To ensure we
are able to communicate effectively with visitors to our web site, we
collect some information that can be directly associated with a
specific person. We call this “Personal Information,” and it includes,
by way of illustration, names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail
addresses.
We collect Personal Information from eligible individuals who
affirmatively request to receive e-mail or other services from us. We
collect this Personal Information in order to provide these eligible
individuals with timely information via e-mail regarding events, resources and issues.
It is our general policy not to make Personal Information available to anyone other than our employees, staff, and agents.