Constitutional Law

Brady Campaign selling its mailing lists

Joe Huffman makes an interesting discovery on the web: Brady Campaign is selling its mailing list. And it's only got 50,000 names (only 28,000 of whom have donated or otherwise responded in the last year, if I read it correctly), rather than the 500,000 to which Brady has laid claim.

Icing on the cake: Kurt Hoffman points out that on its webpage, Brady Campaign promised donors and activists that "the Brady Campaign and the Brady Center will not sell your name or e-mail address to spammers or share it with unaffiliated groups."

Perhaps they figure that it isn't "sharing" if you sell it for cold cash, or else they are getting so desperate that promises mean less than income. Does anyone know if there is a binding standard for internet privacy, when promises are made or a policy stated?

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on June 12, 2010 (boomark / email).