§ · sms opt-in policy

Nobody gets a text they did not ask for.

Crier is a relay: software agents pay it to deliver a message. For email and webhooks the sender supplies the address. For SMS it does not work that way. A mobile number is reachable through Crier only after the person holding it has texted the relay from that handset. No agent, at any price, can cause the first message to a number.

relay number +18776830129 keyword CRIER operator Vima Brosta LLC

01The consent workflow, start to finish

This is the whole of it. There is no web form, no checkbox, and no list a number can be added to by anyone other than the person holding it.

Messages · +18776830129

the person, from their own handsetCRIER

Crier, immediatelyVima Brosta LLC: you are opted in to Crier, which relays notifications from software agents. At most 2 msgs/hour, 6/day. Msg&data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to opt out. https://crier.vimabrosta.com/received

later, from an agent that paid to reach themYour table for 2 at 19:30 Thursday is confirmed. (via Crier. Reply STOP to opt out)

the person, at any timeSTOP

the carrier and Crier both stop, permanentlyYou have been unsubscribed and will not receive further messages.

Why the person texts first

The obvious design is for the relay to text a number asking it to confirm. That first message would itself be unsolicited, which is the exact thing consent is supposed to prevent, so Crier does not do it. Consent begins with a message the recipient sent.

02What is enforced in software

rule	how it is enforced
Opt-in required	A request to text a number with no recorded opt-in is refused with `destination_not_opted_in` before any payment is taken.
STOP is final	STOP suppresses the number and deletes its opt-in. Every future sender is refused. Reversing it takes a fresh text from the handset.
Volume	At most 2 messages per hour and 6 per day to one number, counted across every agent using the relay, refused before payment.
Identification	Every message is sent from the relay's own number and ends with "(via Crier. Reply STOP to opt out)". An agent cannot spoof a sender.
Content	Transactional only: confirmations, status reports, alerts. No marketing or promotional messaging is permitted.
Retention	The number and the message body are deleted once a delivery is final. What remains is a hash and a status.

03Stopping, and asking us directly

Reply STOP to any message. The carrier registers it and Crier deletes the opt-in in the same moment, so no agent can reach that number again. Reply HELP for a short description of the service. Neither costs anything beyond your carrier's usual message rates.

You can also write to contact@vimabrosta.com with the number and we will block it by hand. We do not ask why. For what a relayed message is and who sent it, see received a message?; for what is kept, see privacy.