Combattre le pourriel (in French only)

Author

Me Philippe Mercorio

Organization

Union des consommateurs

Published

2005

Summary

The avalanche of complaints from Individuals, business people and ISPs has led many legislators to look for a way to solve this problem. However, there seems to be a problem with the definition of spam. For fear that an overly broad definition could prevent or make prospecting for clients by Internet much harder, many firms that do most of their business on the Internet support the direct marketing industry in its opposition to anti-spam legislation. After studying the current means for combating spam in Canada, the United States, and elsewhere (legal recourse, anti-spam registers, awareness campaigns directed at consumers), we attempt to evaluate the most effective potential solutions, based on the approaches used and in light of past experiences. To our study of existing legislation, we add an investigation of a few other initiatives aimed at reducing spam: draft legislation, contractual provisions, codes of conduct. After a brief survey of the first experiments in international cooperation, we glance at the Canadian Plan of Action set up in 2004 by the minister of Industry, before submitting our conclusions and recommendations.

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This research received funding support through the Office of Consumer Affairs' Contributions Program.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database