Tag: law
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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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South Korea proposes to make security software mandatory
Law enables government to search PCs of those who do not comply. A bill, proposed by a number of South Korean MPs, would make the use of security software mandatory for computer users in the country. The ‘Zombie PC Prevention Bill’ is currently pending in the Culture, Broadcast and Communications Committee of the National Assembly.…
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Spam and ID theft attacked from all sides
EU body issues warning, ICANN, Japan and Yahoo! take on spammers and phishers. Last week a series of major institutions took action highlighting the threat of spam and phishing, with a serious warning released by European Union web security body ENISA and more concrete actions taken by web management body ICANN, the Japanese government and…