Tag: legal
-
Anti-spam laws take hold in Hong Kong
Tough new controls aim at stamping out spam. Hong Kong has become the latest place to see the introduction of anti-spam laws, with the first phase of a two-stage process coming into force there today. Phase one involves the banning of mass sending of commercial messages involving ‘unscrupulous activities’, as well as associated fraud. The…
-
Zango sues PC Tools for $35 million
‘Reformed’ adware shippers upset by detection and removal. Adware and sometime spyware maker Zango has brought a suit against anti-spyware firm PC Tools complaining that the Spyware Doctor product, a pared-down version of which is included in the freely available Google Pack set of utilities provided by Google , overestimates the dangers of the Zango…
-
Symantec files 8 piracy suits
Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software. Symantec has revealed that it has filed civil lawsuits against eight US and Canadian companies accused of selling counterfeit copies of its software. Symantec ‘s claims against the companies include trademark and copyright infringement, fraud, unfair competition, counterfeit documentation, trafficking, and false advertising. The security vendor is seeking a…
-
Law to stop spam reaching kids dubbed a failure
Utah registry to protect children’s email leaks cash and addresses. A law enacted in the state of Utah, as well as some other states, with the aim of preventing spammers from targeting the email addresses of children by compiling a registry of underage email users’ details and forcing email marketers to remove any addresses included…
-
I-SPY chases SPY-ACT through approval process
Second piece of US anti-spyware legislation given go-ahead. With the ‘Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act’ (aka SPY-ACT act) approved by a House of Representatives subcommittee last month, a second set of rules aimed at controlling computer infiltration and data theft is following it through the lengthy approval process. The ‘Internet Spyware Prevention Act’…
-
Massive lawsuit brought against spam harvesters
Harvesting detection project aims to prosecute address abusers. A community project dedicated to gathering information on the collection of email addresses for spamming purposes has brought a lawsuit in a Virginia court against the as-yet-unidentified spammers who fell into their traps. The Project Honey Pot system was set up by Utah-based anti-spam firm Unspam Technologies…