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Technology Law Dispatch
ICO Enforcement Powers Challenged as Tribunal Overturns £300,000 Monetary Penalty Notice
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Cynthia O'Donoghue. The First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) granted appeal against a monetary penalty notice of £300,000 issued by the Information Commissioner in the case…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
More than 70% of email is spam : Rethink law firm alerts and newsletters
Mashable's Kurt Wagner (@kurtwagner8) reports this morning that more than 70% of email is spam.If you've noticed more spam in your email inbox lately, you aren't alone. A recent study…
Technology Law Dispatch
UK Information Commissioner fines company distributing spam texts for illegal marketing
In a clampdown on the UK’s growing illegal telemarketing, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued its first monetary penalties under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2011 (PECR) in November.…
DuetsBlog
Where Did Spam Get Its Name?
--Dan Kelly, Attorney I'm speaking of the e-mail variety of spam. I had occasion recently to ask some tech-savvy folks if they knew the origin of the word "spam" as…
Food Safety News
SPAM, the Iconic Canned Meat, Celebrates 75th Birthday
By Dan Flynn
SPAM®, the canned meat Monty Python sang about and the meat product whose name is now used to label unwanted bulk e-mail messages, is about to celebrate its 75th birthday.…
The Legal Watercooler
SPAM-tistics of Social Media: Do not be afraid
I read this morning that 40% of all social media accounts are held by spammers. Cue ominous music ... or Monty Python skits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eYSuPKP3Y Humor aside, what is the average…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Twitter Slaps Spammers with Lawsuit
On April 5, 2012, online social media giant Twitter filed a civil lawsuit in California federal court seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief to stop abusive spamming behavior on the…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Holds Employer’s Lawsuit Against Union for Email and Phone Spam Attack Not Preempted by the National Labor Relations Act
In Pulte Homes, Inc. v. Laborers’ International Union of North America, Nos. 09-2245; 10-1673 (6th Cir. August 2, 2011).pdf, the Sixth Circuit reversed in part the district court’s dismissal of…
Ad Law Access
Court Holds Facebook Posts Can be E-mails Under CAN-SPAM
This post was written by Gonzalo E. Mon. A federal court in California recently held that messages sent by Facebook users to their Facebook friends’ walls, news feeds, or home…
Media Law Prof Blog
Spam As Nuisance
Snehashish Ghost, Christ University, Bangalore, School of Law, and Santanu Chakraborty have published Spam: A Cyber Age Nuisance. Here is the abstract.This project aims to explore nuisance caused by spamming.…