Thursday, 24 August 2006

Chinese Company Fined for Spamming

The Chinese government has fined a Shenzhen company for sending bulk junk e-mail in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in China where more than 50-billion Spam messages are received a year.

Firms or individuals found guilty of distributing Spam can be fined up to 30,000 yuan (USD 3,765) under newly-enacted laws on 'Measures for the Administration of Internet Email Service', announced in March.

Chinese authorities hope the fine against the Shenzen firm will act as a deterrent. "The fine will send a warning to spam senders," Zhang Aiping, vice-director of the Guangdong Provincial Administration of Communication said.

Under the March regulation, commercial e-mails must be sent with 'AD' in the title bar and senders must allow receivers to 'subscribe' to the mail or 'cancel subscription'.