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MPs To Hold Spam Summit
News The increasingly important issue of unsolicited junk emails will be examined in depth at a series of events in London this summer. The bulk of this unsolicited mail consists of pornography, scams, financial services and product offers -- such as...
[May 21, 2003, 11:51]
Are UK Companies Flouting Spam Laws?
News Many UK companies are failing to comply with regulations governing the sending of unsolicited emails, according to a survey released by a direct marketing services vendor. CDMS claims that offering someone the opportunity to opt out of receiving...
[January 5, 2007, 15:59]
Internet Marketeer Faces Spam Charges
News One of Australia's most notorious internet marketeers is to face the federal court next month on allegations that he sent millions of unsolicited bulk emails. Most of these were unsolicited spam, claims the ACA.
[June 23, 2005, 16:25]
Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Spam Challenge
News The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from an online dating service that claimed it had the right to send unsolicited emails to thousands of University of Texas email accounts. In 2003, the University of Texas blocked thousands...
[January 10, 2006, 9:10]
UK Government Urged To Give Spam The Boot
News The UK government has been urged to implement its proposed crackdown on spam, even though it is expected to have only a limited effect on the amount of unsolicited emails received by Internet users. As ZDNet UK reported back in March, e-commerce...
[June 10, 2003, 16:33]
SPAM Maker Sees Trademark Bid Canned
News Hormel Foods Corporation, which owns the trademark for spiced ham food product SPAM, has failed in its attempt to register "spam" as an EU-wide trademark when used to designate unsolicited emails. Hormel attempted to register "spam" as a trademark...
[October 5, 2006, 14:15]
MPs Demand Spam Protection For Businesses
News The All Party Internet Group published the results of this summer's inquiry into the problem of unsolicited commercial emails on Monday. We believe that the DTI has made a very serious mistake in not prohibiting unsolicited business-to-business...
[October 6, 2003, 17:05]
Spam, Will It Ever End?
News The Hong Kong man confessed to running a spamming campaign against various Chinese businesses, and was acquitted after a court ruled that thousands of unsolicited emails amounted to reasonable advertising.
[August 11, 1999, 17:20]
Government Backs Anti-spam Mission To US
News The group, which will include Derek Wyatt MP and e-envoy Andrew Pinder, are scheduled to appear before a Congressional hearing in October -- where they are expected to urge the US to take strong action against the proliferation of unsolicited junk...
[September 19, 2003, 14:50]
Government: Our Spam Laws Won't Be Enough
News The government has admitted that its forthcoming anti-spam law will not solve the problem of unsolicited bulk email on its own. He explained that this was because of the problem of tracing spammers, and because most unsolicited bulk email comes...
[July 1, 2003, 15:34]
A Year Ago: Spam, Will It Ever End?
News The Hong Kong man confessed to running a spamming campaign against various Chinese businesses, and was acquitted after a court ruled that thousands of unsolicited emails amounted to reasonable advertising.
[August 12, 2000, 7:07]
December Inboxes Clogged With Junk Mail
News In terms of its share of total email traffic, spam broke through the 40 per cent barrier for the first time -- meaning a staggering four in every 10 emails sent is unsolicited. In December adult spam -- such as teasers for porn sites or offers of...
[January 10, 2003, 14:06]
AOL And Microsoft Secure Ruling Against Spammer
News In November 2003, Microsoft brought proceedings before the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris against Mr Korac on the grounds that his unsolicited bulk emails breached the terms of use of the MSN Hotmail service.
[June 28, 2004, 16:35]
Spammers Switch Pills For Porn
News However, porn-related pitches represented only 14 percent of all spam last month, with finance-oriented messages accounting for 12.5 percent of unsolicited emails. A new study issued on Tuesday by anti-spam software maker Clearswift showed that...
[December 17, 2003, 8:30]
Microsoft Bans UK Man From Selling Email Lists
News The lists contravened regulation 22, as they concerned the sending of unsolicited emails and the words of the Bizads website instigated the sending of emails," reported Out-Law.com. Judge Lewison agreed with Microsoft that Bizads had breached the...
[December 18, 2006, 14:52]
AOL Sues Over Sex-related Spam
News AOL's lawsuit charges that despite Cyber Entertainment's no-spam policy, the company knows and encourages Webmasters to send unsolicited emails promoting its network of sites. The lawsuit seeks an injunction against further spamming and damages...
[January 4, 2001, 11:48]
Government Rules Out Wider Spam Protection - For Now
News Most unsolicited emails received in the UK comes from America. The government has ruled out changing Britain's anti-spam laws to protect businesses anytime soon, despite its own research finding that the majority of UK firms are expecting a rising...
[April 7, 2004, 16:10]
Warning Issued Over Fake FBI Emails
News The FBI said it is currently investigating the origin of the malicious email and indicated that it would never send unsolicited messages to the public. Spoofing, or the practice of sending unsolicited email meant to appear as if it were generated...
[February 24, 2005, 11:30]
Christmas Brings Inbox Overload
News In total, 15 percent of all unsolicited email is of a pornographic nature, while financial services is still out in front, accounting for a massive 32 percent, though this is falling. With Christmas approaching, the marketing of gift ideas is set...
[December 13, 2002, 11:04]
Spammers Face Jail
News Two spammers could go to jail after an investigation by EarthLink found they were sending thousands of unsolicited messages from PeoplePC accounts. He was convicted for violating the Can-Spam Act and sending millions of unsolicited mail messages.
[October 4, 2006, 9:05]
