EU spam laws 'toothless' for businesses
15 December 2003
New EU laws to combat spam will be of little use to businesses, a leading e-mail security company has warned.
The US-based firm CipherTrust told vnunet.com that the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, which became law on 11 December, would mainly benefit consumers.
Under the new regulations, companies are required to ask consumers for their explicit consent before sending them unsolicited advertising by e-mail.
But although it will not have a huge impact on reducing the problem of e-mail spam at work, CipherTrust believes the new law will help persuade firms to invest in anti-spam software..
'It is a very important piece of the puzzle to resolve spam. But the current legislation is toothless and doesn't address business users at all,' Marten Nelson of CipherTrust told vnunet.com.
'Spam is an area where resellers can find significant new business opportunities in helping businesses get new email policies.'
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