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=== Summary (TLDR) === | === Summary (TLDR) === | ||
AirAsia secretly and forcefully subscribes any user who creates or links an account with them to 23 different types of spam ("AirAsia communications") . | AirAsia secretly and forcefully subscribes any user who creates or links an account with them to 23 different types of spam ("AirAsia communications"). | ||
# Users are neither made aware of this fact nor presented with the option to opt out. | # Users are neither made aware of this fact nor presented with the option to opt out. | ||
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=== Non-consensual opt-in to AirAsia marketing spam === | === Non-consensual opt-in to AirAsia marketing spam === | ||
[[File:Airasia signup page 1.png|thumb|AirAsia sign up dialog that pops up after you select a flight to book. Multiple sign up/easy sign in options are pushed with large, colored icons while the no sign up option is presented as a small "Continue as guest" in plain text at the bottom.]] | [[File:Airasia signup page 1.png|thumb|AirAsia sign up dialog that pops up after you select a flight to book. Multiple sign up/easy sign in options are pushed with large, colored icons while the no sign up option is presented as a small "Continue as guest" in plain text at the bottom.]] | ||
[[File:Airasia signup page.png|thumb|AirAsia sign up page with no notification to users that they will be automatically opted in to receiving "informational" and marketing emails from 23 different AirAsia sources and no ability for | [[File:Airasia signup page.png|thumb|AirAsia sign up page with no notification to users that they will be automatically opted in to receiving "informational" and marketing emails from 23 different AirAsia sources and no ability for users to opt out directly at sign up.]] | ||
[[File:Airasia spam unsubscribe step 2.PNG.png|thumb|AirAsia Notification Preferences page showing 23 different sources of promotional emails that every user is automatically opted into upon creation of an AirAsia account]] | [[File:Airasia spam unsubscribe step 2.PNG.png|thumb|AirAsia Notification Preferences page showing 23 different sources of promotional emails that every user is automatically opted into upon creation of an AirAsia account]] | ||
AirAsia secretly and automatically forces users to opt in to 23 different types of promotional and marketing emails (referred to as "communications") when they create or link an account. | AirAsia secretly and automatically forces users to opt in to 23 different types of promotional and marketing emails (referred to as "communications") when they create or link an account. | ||