Volume II

Issue : 11: May 27, 2004

• UK Government Indicates Privacy Legislation Unnecessary
• Ontario Court Rules Videotaped Evidence from Nanny Camera is Admissible
• The FBI Plans on Prosecuting Email Spammers Pursuant to the Can-Spam Act as Reformed Spammer Claims Compliance has been Disadvantageous for Business
• Canadian MPs Release Interim Report on Copyright Reform
• Canadian Company All Computers Seeks $500M from Intel in U.S. Patent Suit
• Canadian Government Releases Framework for Electronic Authentication
• Overstock Leads Charge against Spyware
• Australian Man Sentenced for Cross-Border Cyberstalking
• UK Watchdog Fines Six Foreign Companies for Text Spam and Scams
• Tax Court of Canada Rules that Taking Online Distance Course is not Commuting

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UK Watchdog Fines Six Foreign Companies for Text Spam and Scams

The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS), a UK premium rate watchdog, issued fines totaling £450,000 to six foreign companies, Vertical Media Ltd, Fast Way Holdings Ltd, Litmus Ltd, Indiano Communications, Greenbay Ltd and Quartel Ltd. The companies were fined for sending text spam, making unsolicited phone calls, and using automated calling equipment to leave "missed calls" with which they attempted to deceive people into calling premium-rate numbers. The ICSTIS barred the six companies from operating in the UK and called in the Department of Trade and Industry, communications regulator Ofcom, and the police to investigate the matter.

For more information, visit:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/24/text_fine_icstis/