When someone sets up an Act Blue fundraising page, they get this message: "By default, donor emails and phone numbers are shared with the recipient(s) on your form. To change this setting for your form and give donors the choice as to whether or not they wish to share their contact information with the recipient(s), select Yes."
When someone sets up an Act Blue fundraising page, they get this message: "By default, donor emails and phone numbers are shared with the recipient(s) on your form. To change this setting for your form and give donors the choice as to whether or not they wish to share their contact information with the recipient(s), select Yes."
I suspect that candidate's and organization's pages do not click "yes" because they want to get your email and phone. Years ago, I set up my own page and clicked "yes." Those to whom I contribute get my name and address only (and they need that for FEC filings).
Still, I am overwhelmed by texts and emails for money. But I sometimes have donated to requests, in particular by DKE, so those recipients got my info and I could not prevent it.
Still, a simple google search for me gives it all away and I suspect that is true of all of us. With a name and address, almost anyone can find your email and phone number on the net with a fairly simple search. And with all the companies that have been hacked and had your data taken, I doubt Act Blue is much of the cause for the mass of texts and email solicitations. Indeed, the content of most solicitations I get show the sender knows nothing about me and it is just a mass distribution.
This is not intended as a rant reply and I am just as overwhelmed by the daily tasks of reporting spam and deletion. It's great you are helping campaigns without contributing money. My two-cents is just that it's not so much Act Blue but the people who set up the pages there and, indeed, the whole www.
If I understand you correctly, the only question is whether ActBlue is sharing the information with the recipient of the donation – but that ActBlue is still collecting our email address and cell phone number. My point is I don’t want to have to give that to ActBlue in the first place.
I understand. I just think it's unfair to assume the spam is caused by Act Blue. Remember too that they do not require a phone number. My guess is that they get an email so they can communicate with you but it does seem that they could make that voluntary.
When someone sets up an Act Blue fundraising page, they get this message: "By default, donor emails and phone numbers are shared with the recipient(s) on your form. To change this setting for your form and give donors the choice as to whether or not they wish to share their contact information with the recipient(s), select Yes."
I suspect that candidate's and organization's pages do not click "yes" because they want to get your email and phone. Years ago, I set up my own page and clicked "yes." Those to whom I contribute get my name and address only (and they need that for FEC filings).
Still, I am overwhelmed by texts and emails for money. But I sometimes have donated to requests, in particular by DKE, so those recipients got my info and I could not prevent it.
Still, a simple google search for me gives it all away and I suspect that is true of all of us. With a name and address, almost anyone can find your email and phone number on the net with a fairly simple search. And with all the companies that have been hacked and had your data taken, I doubt Act Blue is much of the cause for the mass of texts and email solicitations. Indeed, the content of most solicitations I get show the sender knows nothing about me and it is just a mass distribution.
This is not intended as a rant reply and I am just as overwhelmed by the daily tasks of reporting spam and deletion. It's great you are helping campaigns without contributing money. My two-cents is just that it's not so much Act Blue but the people who set up the pages there and, indeed, the whole www.
If I understand you correctly, the only question is whether ActBlue is sharing the information with the recipient of the donation – but that ActBlue is still collecting our email address and cell phone number. My point is I don’t want to have to give that to ActBlue in the first place.
I understand. I just think it's unfair to assume the spam is caused by Act Blue. Remember too that they do not require a phone number. My guess is that they get an email so they can communicate with you but it does seem that they could make that voluntary.