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mpedrozok's avatar
mpedrozok
Active Contributor
4 years ago

Emailing attendees for marketing purposes

Would it violate GoToWebinar's terms & conditions, or any privacy policies (or GDPR, CCPA) if the company that hosted a webinar decides to put the webinar attendees on the email marketing list? They ...
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  • AshC's avatar
    AshC
    4 years ago

    mpedrozok   We require a check box acknowledgement of every registrant stating clearly that Organizers will follow up via email. 

     

    The specific wording on every registration page hosted by GoToWebinar is: "By checking this box, you submit your information to the webinar organizer, who will use it to communicate with you regarding this event and their other services."  This statement absolves you of communication conflicts unless the participant specifies otherwise by cancelling their registration or emailing the address tied to the webinar event.

Chris Droessler's avatar
Chris Droessler
Respected Contributor
4 years ago

Since you are selling a product, it would be nice to put a statement to that effect on the webinar registration page.

 

Having said that, we use our past webinar registration lists to send out announcements for future webinars.  We are non-profit, so not really selling a product.  At the end of the email, I always let folks know that I will remove them from the list if they ask.

  • AshC's avatar
    AshC
    Retired GoTo Contributor
    4 years ago

    mpedrozok   We require a check box acknowledgement of every registrant stating clearly that Organizers will follow up via email. 

     

    The specific wording on every registration page hosted by GoToWebinar is: "By checking this box, you submit your information to the webinar organizer, who will use it to communicate with you regarding this event and their other services."  This statement absolves you of communication conflicts unless the participant specifies otherwise by cancelling their registration or emailing the address tied to the webinar event.

    • mpedrozok's avatar
      mpedrozok
      Active Contributor
      4 years ago

      AshC Thanks a lot! 🙂 

      • AshC's avatar
        AshC
        Retired GoTo Contributor
        4 years ago

        You're welcome.  And thanks for thinking about the privacy of your audience.