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White Paper He estimates that 80% to 90% of his Vancouver, B.C.based firm's email is spam - a risky proposition when he is beholden to data protection laws in Canada, the United States and Europe. Corporate IT teams... [31 Jul 2009]
The Economics of Spam and the Context and Aftermath of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
White Paper The Act banned a variety of deceptive practices, but it also pre-empted the passage of stricter state laws that would have outlawed spam altogether. This paper reviews the background and the aftermath of... [30 Jun 2009]
Anti Spam Engine: Time-Tested Scanning
White Paper It should be noted that spam laws are often ineffectual, for they are hard to enforce and many governments choose to turn a blind eye. The proliferation of spam will increase.... [20 Jun 2009]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News The EU's online security body is calling for laws to force companies to reveal when their computer systems have been breached. Read more here.silicon.com has been calling for such laws under its Full... [27 May 2008]
ISPs' traffic handling in the spotlight
News The event also signals a clear revival of a debate over whether web neutrality laws are needed. But opponents, including the network operators, say they deserve flexibility to manage their networks as they see fit to... [25 Feb 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News This year has seen a shift from viruses, botnets and spam swamping the security headlines, to the loss of personal information by private and public organisations - leading to calls for better data protection and privacy... [13 Dec 2007]
Spam surge emanating from the Far East
News The security vendor also noted a drop in spam using Hong Kong (dot-hk) TLDs, which could be a result of the recent enactment of anti-spam laws in the country. There has been a... [14 Aug 2007]
Spam king slapped with MySpace suit
News In the suit, filed last week in US District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, MySpace accuses Wallace of violating state and federal laws including the federal Can-Spam Act and... [28 Mar 2007]
Spam King gets a MySpace suit
News The News Corp-owned social-networking behemoth cited violations of multiple state and US anti-spam laws, including California statutes and the federal Can-Spam Act, in its case against... [23 Jan 2007]
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. The survey, published by CDMS, claims 31 per cent of UK companies... [08 Jan 2007]
Spammers dust off their botnet passports
News Expect some of these laws to become EU directives later this year. Criminals who remotely infect PCs for the purpose of using them to relay spam messages are targeting new countries and regions in order... [26 Jul 2006]
Leader: Time for tougher spam laws
Leader So you can understand both this publication's hope and depression at recent news the UK government may revise our flawed anti-spam laws - hope that they'll get it right this time around, depression that... [19 Jul 2006]
Give us open access to Whois data, says US gov't
News The agency on Tuesday called access to the Whois databases, which contain contact information for website operators, "critical to the agency's consumer protection laws". The official statement comes after an address by... [28 Jun 2006]
UK held back by IT-illiterate MPs
News One infamous example was the DTI's ham-handed handling of an anti-spam consultation, which led to UK computer users and businesses being lumbered with flawed laws. UK business and innovation is being... [12 May 2006]
US still worst spam offender
News Just this week the Australian Communications and Media Authority made its first successful prosecution using the country's anti-spam laws when a Perth-based spammer was found guilty of illegally sending... [20 Apr 2006]
