Reply #12: Cancelling subscriptions to Senator Kerry's email list is understandable, but not necessary

[ralbertson]

I understand your concerns, as does Senator Kerry. Turning over someone's private information to outside parties without consent is unacceptable. That's why we have never sold, rented, loaned, or otherwise given access to the information in our database to anyone else, and never will.

On infrequent occasions we have permitted someone to provide us with the text content for a special mailing and we have sent it out to our email list over their signature -- as we did with this last email from Senator Obama, and with one that went out several months ago from Al Gore promoting his climate change initiatives -- but when we do that, we send it out ourselves, through our own email server system, following our standard privacy policies.

That's why the reply-to address on the email you received was still [email protected] and why it had the "John Kerry for Senate" graphic and contact information above and below the body of the email.

I hope this helps to reassure you that your trust was not violated and that the private information you provided to us via johnkerry.com remains private. We appreciate your continued support for Senator Kerry in his efforts to help elect as many Democrats to the House and Senate in 2006 and 2008 as possible.

We're not now, nor will we be, in the business of helping Senator Obama "spam" anyone. Our email list is our own, and this was a one-off effort to assist someone that Senator Kery believes deserves his endorsement in the primary race. As he has noted repeatedly, he will also support Senator Clinton, former Senator Edwards, or anyone else who wins the Democratic nomination for President in 2008.

And I encourage you (and anyone else who reads this) to contact me directly if you would like to re-subscribe to Senator Kerry's email list with an exclusion against receiving messages supporting Senator Obama or any other Presidential candidate prior to the party's selection of its final nominee for 2008: [email protected]