I run a forum website. I had a vendor offer to give away a nice prize on my website in exchange for the information collected on those who registered to win the drawing. (name, address, and email)
Everything went as planned, people registered, I picked a winner, the company shipped them the prize, and I gave the company the contact information from the registrations.
A few days later, the company sends a marketing email (with a removal link) those who registered, which leads to a couple of people getting angry saying they were spammed because of my contest. Granted, these same people post their email publicly on the internet (I googled them to see), so that’s where most of their spam in coming from.
The worst part is, I did the contest for my members for free. I received nothing from the deal. I’m I liable for anything? Did I do something wrong? Perhaps next time, I’ll put up some disclaimer, I just never thought it would turn out like this…

