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Are we eligible to build a newsletter form lead information?
Hello Tie CHENG ,
your question is not about Excel, so it is not a good fit for this forum.
If I gave you my email address when I downloaded your add-in and if you did NOT get my permission to send me emails, I would be OK if you send me ONE email so that I can opt in to a newsletter. If you added me to the regular newsletter list without my permission, I would block you when the first newsletter arrives.
Hello IngeborgHawighorst ,
I contacted Microsoft Support (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/supportrequestform/cea4ddc8-221b-9b9e-1866-26934afa3433), they told me this is the right place to ask this question.
In my screenshot, it is clearly mentioned that "By installing this add-in, you provide Microsoft permission to use or share your account information so that providers or Microsoft can contact you regarding these products and related products. You understand that the rights to use these products do not come from Microsoft, unless Microsoft is the provider.". They did not use the word like "receive email communications", but the meaning is quite the same.
I hope I could get some official confirmation somewhere (to show to newsletter service providers).
Cheers
Tie
Tie CHENG Again, your question is NOT about Excel. It is about data privacy and legal issues. Therefore it is not a good fit for this forum, which is for questions ABOUT Excel.
Your question is not related to Excel. You could have written the add-in for any other technology. It's not about the technology, it's about laws and agreements. Your interpretation of "quite the same" is just that: your interpretation. You may be breaching the agreement or you may not be. This is not something that people who know about Excel formulas and functionality can answer. Hence, you're in the wrong place to ask this question.