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EU Parliament to re-examine e-mail spam plans
Posted by Andreas Gruenwald on Friday, September 07 @ 09:30:28 EDT News
The European Parliament hit deadlock on Thursday over a pan-European ban on unsolicited e-mail known as "spam," sending legislation on the issue back to a committee for another look. The proposals, part of planned EU laws on confidentiality of electronic data and communication, call for the adoption across Europe of the "opt-in" system, where online marketing firms may send commercial e-mails only if customers have explicitly asked them to do so. The Parliament rejected the draft legislation 129-204, with an unusually large number of legislators - 155 - abstaining. It sent the proposed text back to a committee for redrafting. [Full Story: http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/s/20010906/inter netspameurope.html]
 
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