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fetamorphasis t1_izjqd9k wrote

Reply to comment by nattarbox in When did it become okay to email you if you perform a transaction? by BF1shY

>As a customer who hates unsolicited email, it is supremely annoying.

Unless something has changed with both Square's product and the relevant email marketing laws, you are automatically opted in for transactional emails (receipts) but you are not opted in for marketing emails unless you specifically opt-in at each merchant. If a merchant is emailing you marketing material without the opt-in, they're likely breaking the law.

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nattarbox t1_izjt98e wrote

Square won't show the email if you're not opted in. But it is possible to download the email list, so merchants might be grabbing it and then emailing through other tools, or re-uploading to Square as new customers.

I think they made a change so opting in is across their network, rather than per merchant.

Opting out of one also opted out of all at one point (I never get these), but they might have changed that too, wouldn't surprise me. I've definitely seen an increase in customers who are opted in.

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