"Chris Ward" wrote
| It might also illegal. About the one thing that the Data Protection Act
| does actually forbid is the use of personal data for Direct Marketing
| when you have informed the company concerned not to use the data for
| that purpose.
....
| The crucial question is what "such period as is reasonable in the
| circumstances" might mean. And you can't pick and choose about the
| type of direct marketing it would seem. If you're happy to receive
| catalogues from them then you're accepting that they can use the
| data for direct marketing.

But the personal data required for postal marketing is different from that
required for email marketing, so you could consent to your postal address
being used for marketing, but not consent to your email addr or telephone
being used for this purpose.

Owain