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  • Spam Act review lauds anti-spam success

    Estimates that up to 80 percent of all e-mails are now spam show the problem hasn't gone away, but self-congratulation was still prominent as the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) handed down its first report on the Spam Act 2003.

  • Civil liberties group raises concerns over AU spam legislation

    Civil rights group Electronic Frontiers Australia has claimed the legislation introduced by the Australian Parliament to fight spam will give investigators excessive search and seizure powers.

  • Australian anti-spam Bills ignite controversy

    The government's recently-tabled anti-spam legislation has drawn some fiery responses, with lobby groups and politicians tackling both the Bills and each other in statements over the past few days.

  • Australian anti-spam legislation tabled in parliament

    New anti-spam was introduced into the House of Representatives today that allows for penalties of up to AU$1.1 million per day for sending spam, and Senator Alston has called on the United States to follow suit with similar legislation.

  • Anti-spam company under fire over marketing

    United States anti-spam company SpamArrest has come under fire for a controversial marketing campaign based on the very practice it claims to prevent.

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  • The impact of Australia's anti-spam legislation

    Spam costs businesses an average of A$900 per employee per year in lost productivity. Will Australia's new anti-spam laws reverse this trend?

  • Do-gooder Trojan has nasty bite

    Symantec is warning Internet users of a Trojan horse that removes spyware but alters the security settings in computers.

  • Standards group to put spam on a diet

    An Internet standards-setting body has begun a close scrutiny of the mounting problem of e-mail spam, which could have broad-ranging implications for future e-mail use and security.

  • So potent, even 007 could use one

    Today, the standard configuration for security in an IT department should include antivirus, anti-spam, anti-spyware and firewall products.

  • UPDATE: AU government to ban spam

    The federal government intends to introduce legislation that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston announced today.

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