Tag: can-spam
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Are Gmail’s new advertisements in breach of CAN-SPAM?
Marketers upset about ’emails’ that you can’t unsubscribe from. A debate is happening among (anti-)spam experts on whether Gmail ‘s new way of displaying advertisements is in breach of anti-spam laws. It is easy to underestimate the importance of anti-spam laws. Of course, most of the spam sent today would be illegal, even without laws…
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FTC fines spammers over $2.5 million
Drug pushers busted for phony claims and CAN-SPAM breaches. After a successful case brought by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a pharmaceuticals firm and its head have been fined over $2.5 million and ordered to stop spamming and misrepresenting products. The company, Sili Neutraceuticals, and its boss Brian McDaid were found to have made…