To not want to give the world and his wife my email address?

[CherryChasingDotMuncher]

I'm sick of going into shops and buying something and the cashier says "what's your email for an e-receipt?". No, I don't want to be tricked into being on a mailing list thanks.

And now I tried to go onto the Wayfair website via Facebook and I can't even get past the landing page without giving my email address! So I'll buy a bed elsewhere thanks. I reckon I just delete 75% of my emails that come in and the unsubscribe function never seems to work. Is it just me who's had enough of it all?

Just set up a new account at mail.com

Takes 2 minutes

Then give that mail address

Or just make one up on the spot

Easy

Smile and say "please can you print my receipt out for me?" Job done.

I have two email addresses, I give people my 2nd one for stuff like this, and then go on there every couple of months and delete the whole lot.

Mine is about to be published gov.uk along with my direct dial number and my name.....thanks guys.

We run our own mail servers.

When asked for an e-mail address we give it as [email protected]. This means if they pass your address on, you know exactly where it has come from. I admit it would be a bit of a faff for most people, but I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet where Spam mail is concerned.

If you are feeling really bolshie, you can ask them for a paper copy of their Data Protection registration statement before you will hand over your e-mail address, just so you know the uses they will put it to!

Just say no.

And keep saying no.

I found out that my although my email is [email protected] if you type [email protected] without the dot it still comes through. I’ve set up the second type to come through to a separate folder and use that for all interaction with companies.

100% Agreed!! Spot on op!

Efferlunt the UK also has a new Data Protection Act which mirrors much of the GDPR. Also all the professional advice I have seen is that UK will continue to apply GDPR principles should the UK leave the EU...as they will require to align with EU data protection laws in order to trade with the EU.

I’ve always been asked if I want a receipt emailed but I’m given a paper one at the same time, it’s very handy if you happen to lose the paper copy. Companies need to collect data for marketing somehow, you can always unsubscribe, alter notifications or just use a junk email

I just say I don't have one. Not everyone does!!

(I have several in fact but they don't know that)

I don't do a lot of physical shopping, but I don't get asked for my email address. I suspect that's because I'm a little old lady and it's assumed I don't have email.

But I've been using computers since before Windows 3.1 and the internet was all text. Started off with Demon, with PoPs to dial into, with the squawking modem.

Now with Plusnet, which operates on the same way for email. I have a sub-domain name, chosen by me. So I can have multiple email addresses along the lines of @.plus.com. The could be or or , etc. All those emails come into my mailbox. The beauty of that is that I can tell where emails have come from, and filter them if needed.

Which reminds me that I should log in to my email settings on Plusnet and re-direct all the emails to the Plusnet blackhole, because that's an address that either got hacked or got sold on, because they're almost always spam.

So, when I next go shopping to a physical shop and get asked for my email address, I'm going to do the wide-eyed and shaky response of, "oh no, dear, I don't have the internet". I'll be believed, of course, because of my little old lady status. I might smirk on the way out, though.

I was in topshop with my DD age 15 yesterday. When cashier said ‘can I have your email for the receipt?’ DD said ‘no’. Not rude or sarky, just a straight forward ‘no’. I was sooooo impressed with her, think my jaw dropped 😀. The cashier was a bit taken aback presumably because it doesn’t happen often.

Efferlunt the UK also has a new Data Protection Act which mirrors much of the GDPR. Also all the professional advice I have seen is that UK will continue to apply GDPR principles should the UK leave the EU...as they will require to align with EU data protection laws in order to trade with the EU.

This is correct. Also any company outside of the EU trading into a GDPR compliant country will need to comply with GDPR or they will be subject to massive fines.

I say I don't have email

I just say no thanks.

They get round GDPR by harvesting asking for the email address for a specific purpose, to send you your receipt to save trees don't you know. Riiiiiight, whatever. And it implies consent because you give it to them. Sigh.

Thing is, they are only doing their job so a smile and a no thanks, I'm a Luddite, I'll take an old fashioned paper receipt thanks, tends to brighten their day rather than taking it out on them personally, as is so tempting to do. I get you OP, it's just bloody annoying to have one's privacy invaded on an hourly basis. Life's way too complicated!

Like Penners I say 'I don't use email'. The reactions from those under 25 can be quite interesting, most often is a stunned silence then we carry on with the transaction.
I have several email addresses, one is along the lines of '[email protected]'.

“ sure,
D i r t y i n b e d a t y a h o o . C o m”

I said once .....

Re WAYFAIR... I browsed their site for the 1st time this week and filled in my email address. They need it anyway if you do shop for confirmation/receipt/despatch..... and 1 day later I received a letter with 10% off. I understand frustration at personal high street shopping but online? They are always going to need it!

Expect an increase in your email volume - it will be shared with their 'partner companies' and probably sold on. I highly recommend a junk address for companies that insist on email before I can see their site. I am, however, a grumpy bastard so if a site wants an email upfront I won't buy from them.

Now, where did I put my tin foil hat?

I own a domain. Means I can give every company their own unique email address and know if it’s sold on/hacked. It all filters through to my main email account.

I was in Halfords the other day, buying a headlight.

They asked "would you like to opt in to marketing emails" - to which I replied, "no thanks"

This is how things will be under GDPR, so hopefully less of this stuff going on.

They certainly cannot use an email given for a receipt for marketing, after May 25th

Is the wife Mars or Venus?

misses point