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Spam
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Bright Law Blog
Case note: Spam penalty
Woolworths Group Limited has paid a $1,003,800 fine and agreed to a court-enforceable undertaking with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) in response to an Infringement Notice alleging more…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #232 – Spam Phone Calls Rampant for Remote Workers
For those of us who work outside of the home during normal times, we know when we are home on the weekends not to answer our home telephone unless we…
DigitalBusiness.Law
Largest fine for spam paid to Australian regulator
By Hamish Fraser, Nicholas Huang
Australia’s number two carrier, Optus, has paid a $504,000 infringement notice after being found by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to have committed significant breaches of spam laws.…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #206 – Be Mindful of Calendar Invites—They Can Contain Spam
Spam is invading all aspects of our online life, and of late, even our online calendars. I hadn’t thought about embedded malware in calendar invites until I read an informative…
Ride the Lightning
Sick of Robocalls? Verizon Will Opt Android Customers Into Its Anti-Robocall App
Endgadget published a post on August 27 with good news for Android customers. Verizon rolled out a free version of its spam filter earlier this year to counteract the annoying…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Tech to Block Spam Calls
By rmorgan
Phone companies are developing tech that will block spam calls. Yes, please and right away! (BTW, how do the spammers know the most inopportune time to call?) The New York…
Your IT Consultant
Verizon Wireless Customers Get Free Services
By John Simek
We all hate spam and robocalls. It is getting harder and harder to stop the unwanted phone calls. You can’t even trust the caller ID since it is so easy…
Future Lawyer
Spam Text Messages – Is Nothing Sacred?
By rickgeorges
How to enable/disable Spam Protection in Google's Messages app. Just when email spam was brought under control by Google, the text messaging spam has started. Are you sick of getting…
CommLaw Monitor
After a 10-year Proceeding, the FCC Classifies Wireless Messaging as an Information Service
By Kelley Drye
At the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) December Open Meeting, commissioners voted to approve a Declaratory Ruling (“Ruling”) that classifies native forms of wireless messaging, short message service (“SMS”) and multimedia…
Legal Loudspeaker Blog
Spam Never Expires
Happy birthday spam! It’s been 40 years since the delivery of the first spam email to an unsuspecting user’s inbox. Hackers don’t appear to want spam emails to slow down…