“simply getting someone's business card is not an acceptable opt-in and you cannot send messages to email addresses or phone numbers you obtained from business cards.”
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This clause defines a specific and common practice—collecting contacts from business cards—as an invalid basis for messaging, directly limiting how users may build recipient lists.
Users are prohibited from messaging any contact whose email address or phone number was sourced from a business card.
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"simply getting someone's business card is not an acceptable opt-in and you cannot send messages to email addresses or phone numbers you obtained from business cards.Excerpt from ActiveCampaign's Acceptable Use Policy
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This clause defines a specific and common practice—collecting contacts from business cards—as an invalid basis for messaging, directly limiting how users may build recipient lists.
Users are prohibited from messaging any contact whose email address or phone number was sourced from a business card.
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