On Wed, Feb 7, 2018, at 15:52, Martin Gregorie wrote: > > Technically, you asked for the email and they have a valid opt-out > > process that will stop sending you email. Yes, the site has scummy > > practices but that is not spam by my definition. > > > Yes, under EU/UK that counts as spam because the regulations say that > the signer-upper must explicitly choose to receive e-mail from the > site, and by-default sign-in doesn't count as 'informed sign-in'.
Canadian law is the same, this is absolutely spam without any ambiguity.
