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European Union Says No To Spam

Posted by timothy on from the will-take-effect-in-20-years dept.

Peter Dyck writes: "CNN reports that the Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) has agreed on Thursday to pass a new law banning the use of unsolicited e-mail. The resolution also bans the so-called inertia marketing for the promotion of financial services. This means that within the 15 EU member-states companies cannot resort anymore to direct marketing to sell their wares. Marketing is still possible, but the consumers must opt-in for it first." However, this is just one bend in a long and bureaucratic road.

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  1. Yes! Portugal Here I Come. by SubtleNuance · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Reason #1232 I just applied for my Citizenship in Portugal. My mother was born there but came to Canada when she was 12.

    Sensible, Citizen centered policy.... not the usual big-biz cow-toeing im getting used to in Canada. I am proud of Canada's past, but i am weary of its future... my citizenship is my escape hatch, it is my retirement plan, it is what I will finally do when the borders drop between Canada and the US... unless I can stop the slow slide into Canadian Plutocracy... or encourage my American neighbours to act up(!) against their own...