On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 15:57 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: > rich...@buzzhost.co.uk wrote: > > > In the UK I'm more interested in the offences sending UBE/UCE commits > > under the Protection from Harassment Act, Section 42 of the > > Telecommunications Act and possible offences under the Data Protection > > and Computer Misuse Acts. > > It seems to me the UK pretty much has its own CAN-SPAM bill - I can't > remember where I saw it, but it is apparently completely legal to send > unsolicited marketing email to businesses. > > > /Per Jessen, Zürich > Business yes, but private individuals, no - that *is* illegal. Policing it when the UCE is from outside of the UK is a question mark - but I don't think someone like Constant Contact or Return Path would like to get tangled up in it, if only to spare their reputation.
I'm not picking on them btw, just using them as an out-of-the-uk-bulker example. There are bad apples in the UK that run the gauntlet on a daily basis, namely IHM, B2B (The multi-named, ever chaning chamelons of UK spam), Pure360 and our old mates - dotmailer (big on abuse rhetoric, not so big on action...) enough.. you'll get me ranting again....
