The Spamhaus Project, an international spam monitoring and tracking organisation, has issued a damning report on the world’s top 10 worst internet service providers (ISPs). The report listed Verizon.com as number 5. Verizon in its news release last 11 August announced that is the “highest-ranked U.S.-based telecommunications company” in ethical ranking based on study by [...]
Verizon.com is world’s fifth worst internet service provider: Spamhaus
February 17, 2010 By 3 Comments
CommBank’s subsidiary fails the Spam Act test on two counts
February 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
I was surprised to read yesterday that the Commonwealth Securities Limited (CommSec) was complained against by customers for sending emails after the customers had withdrawn their consent, and that the email campaigns of CommSec did not provide an option to unsubscribe. I said “surprised” because I have known the company for many years now ~ [...]
Australia-based spam gang leader fined A$210K
January 5, 2010 By 2 Comments
Last month, we reported “Australia-based spam gang leader gets US$15 million fine” where the US Federal Trade Commission ordered Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen and Australian resident, to pay US$15.15 million for his alleged role in a spam gang that ‘deceptively marketed products such as male-enhancement pills, prescription drugs, and weight-loss pills.’ We are [...]
Australia wins its biggest anti-spamming case
December 16, 2009 By 2 Comments
The Federal Court in Brisbane today imposed $6.5 million dollars in penalties against two respondents in an SMS spamming case. The respondents were identified by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as Jobspy Pty Ltd and Scott Mark Moles with $4 million and $2.5 million in penalties, respectively. Today’s decision is a follow through [...]
Australia-based spam gang leader gets US$15 million fine
December 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently reported that Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen and Australian resident, was ordered to pay US$15.15 million for his role in a spam gang that “deceptively marketed products such as male-enhancement pills, prescription drugs, and weight-loss pills.” The FTC also reported that Atkinson’s accomplice, U.S. resident Jody [...]
$110K penalty to Vodafone for Coke SMS ad
November 10, 2009 By 3 Comments
Vodafone Hutchison Australia was slapped a $110,000 penalty by the Australian Communications and Media Authority after investigation of alleged breaches of the Spam Act, a media release from the government regulator reported. The alleged breach arose from a marketing campaign where VHA together with two other companies, media agency New Dialogue and content aggregator Big [...]
Facebook wins $711m against spammer
November 2, 2009 By 2 Comments
Facebook has won $711 million in damages against Sanford Wallace, a spammer, the InformationWeek website recently reported. The court documents according to the InformationWeek report indicate that Wallace and an associate spammed Facebook users with phishing messages. Those who responded by clicking on the links and submitted login information to phishing sites allowed Wallace and [...]
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