NZ investigating 8 companies in breach of spam laws
Companies marketing or promoting their services with email addresses purchased from database marketing companies risk breaking anti-spam law, the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs warned recently.
The Department is investigating eight companies that have used emails to market and promote their own goods with addresses purchased from the same company. The Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act (UEM) prohibits commercial spam — email, instant messaging, SMS and MMS (text and image-based mobile phone messaging).
United Arab Emirates TRA Launches New Anti-Spam Regulatory Policy
The new policy will be effective July 2010; consumers will receive messages from their service providers requesting their consent to receive SMS marketing messages
Aussie SMS anti-spam hotline launches
After several months of testing, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has officially launched its new spam reporting tool, Spam SMS, allowing Australians to report spam by
MAAWG GSM Association Security Group meeting to be held in Spain
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group will host the GSMA Security Group at the MAAWG 19th General Meeting in Barcelona on June 8-10 with a multi-track event focusing on
ModernAd Media Fined $2.9 Million for CAN-SPAM Violations
The Attorney General of Florida Bill McCollum has recently announced that Florida will receive $2.9 million from a settlement with ModernAd Media, LLC. The company based in Deerfield
China no longer part of the dirty dozen spammers
(Press Release) IT security and control firm Sophos has published its latest report into the top twelve spam relaying countries, covering the first quarter of 2010.
Student faces jail after Palin email hack conviction
A college student is facing over 20 years in jail and huge fines after guessing the password to the Yahoo email account of then vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Canadian anti-spam legislation updates
The following email from from Tony Clement a member of the Canadian Parliament has been posted by Neil Schwartzman from CAUCE The email confirms the Canadian plans,
Ukrainian capital found 9th in 2010 global ranking of spam sources by city
According to a survey conducted by Panda Security, a global leader in IT security, 0.96% of world spam was being sent from Kyiv's IP addresses in the first
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