Largest spam gang fined $15m by US court$: A US district court has ordered the largest known ‘spam gang’ to pay $15.5 million ($£9.4 million) for sending e-mails estimated to have accounted for as much…
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EU – More action needed to fight spammers and protect online privacy, says Commission: (RAPID) The European Commission has repeated its call for EU countries to do more to tackle online privacy threats to the…
UK should do more on spam and spyware, says EU report: “The UK is not doing enough to deter spammers and combat the use of malicious computer code to damage users’ computers, according to a…
Under-caution spam faxer fined over £6,000: “ Debt firm fax up A man who sent hundreds of spam faxes while under caution from privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) faces more than £6,000 in…
Landmark Spamming, Obscenity Appeals Case Heats Up: “Appellants representing the first convictions in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for online obscenity not involving child pornography and the first convictions ever under the federal…
Government sites hit by hackers – Times Online February 11, 2009 Times investigation reveals links to illegal content are being hidden in official websites Murad Ahmed, Technology Reporter Thousands of government, NHS, school and police…
Facebook wins record $873m fine against spammer: “Facebook has won a $873m judgment against a Canadian sued for spamming users of the social networking site with ‘sexually explicit’ messages after hacking into the profiles of…
Ofcom fines Barclaycard over silent calls: “Ofcom has fined Britain’s biggest credit card company Barclaycard £50,000 over silent phone calls made on behalf of the company. The telecoms regulator called Barclaycard’s behaviour ‘the most serious’…
Silent calls fine for Barclaycard: “Barclaycard has received the maximum possible fine for the ‘most serious’ case of silent calls ever seen by the regulator.” (Via BBC News.)
Liberal Democrats broke privacy laws with 250,000 calls: “The Liberal Democrats broke anti-spam laws by placing 250,000 automated telephone calls last week without prior consent, according to the UK’s privacy chief. If the party continues…