Does MySQL compromise your e-mail address?
Recently I received an e-mail with very disturbing news:
Hello,
I wanted to let you know that I found your email address along with mine in an email that MySQL.com sent out! I ran all the email addresses into Excel and found over 9,000 email addresses! I was extremely upset about this as I am sure you are too. I wanted to let you know this because I am emailing MySQL.com and complaining about this and you might want to do the same. I get enough spam as it is. Thanks!
While I wasn’t able to validate the claim on e-mails I received from MySQL.com I verified that the sender is a real person. If this claim is correct, and I have no reasons to doubt it, the sender of the e-mail had my e-mail address, this is very disturbing.
Providing my e-mail done always under the promise that the company that received my e-mail address will keep it confidential. One can expect from company like MySQL to keep the e-mail addresses it receives confidential.
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Rogel @ June 13, 2006
On Tuesday evening, a new MySQL employee accidentally sent out a promotional email that contained the private emails of a small percentage of our users.
We deeply regret this occurrence and are working on a stricter process to prevent this from happening again in the future.
MySQL AB takes its privacy policy [http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/privacy.html] and the privacy of its users very seriously. Users can un-register from our mailing lists by sending email to privacy@mysql.com.
Thanks for the clarification Steve