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Quora: Automatic Opt-In.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
23 Jul 2013
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“Opting in to marketing emails is in the terms and conditions, the user doesn’t have a choice”

Quora was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over the way users are signed up for marketing emails. According to the entry, opting in to marketing emails is contained within the terms and conditions, so the user is not given a choice in the matter.

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