White House Alters Email Sign-Up Policy
Complaints by recipients of an email about health care who claimed they did not request updates prompted the White House to alter its email sign-up procedures, POLITICO reported.
White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said names may have been submitted without users’ knowledge, adding that if a group sent WhiteHouse.gov a comment from each person who signed an online petition, the White House would have captured those addresses.
The email in question was a 1,500-word piece sent Thursday under the name of White House senior adviser David Axelrod, with the subject line, “Something worth forwarding,” and a section titled, “8 common myths about health insurance reform,” according to POLITICO.
Shapiro said:
We are implementing measures to make subscribing to e-mails clearer, including preventing advocacy organizations from signing people up to our lists without their permission when they deliver petition signatures and other messages on individuals’ behalf.
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