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Re:Don’t require a user to be interested twice: lessons on r... by latortuga on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:15AM (#23180529)
This has happened to me a number of times. I'm currently subscribed to an elementary school parent system for someone else's kid. So I get emails every so often about the child being tardy or absent. There's no way for me to stop these emails or communicate with the school or the parent. I gave up and just archive the emails as they come. They'll graduate eventually right?

Same deal with dating websites and job search sites, I had a guy use my email to sign up for what must have been a job aggregator. I found out about 15 different websites had "10 new opportunities waiting" for me.

It boggles me that there is no double opt-in for something like your children's school attendence.

Re:Don’t require a user to be interested twice: lessons on r... by rapind on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:41PM (#23181753)
The first is probably just a data entry error. A parent signs up on a sheet and then an admin assistant or teacher copies it into their system.