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Spammers Fined A$5.5 million

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-lot-of-canned-pork dept.

Mick Bailey writes "A Perth company and it's director have been issued a A$5.5 million (approx. US$4 million) fine for breaching anti-spam laws. Australian IT watchers may be familiar with the director, Robert Mansfield — he's been personally fined A$1 million for the offenses. The Company, Clarity1, sent 280 million unsolicited emails of which 74 million hit mailboxes between 4/2004 and 4/2006."

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  1. The gavel falls by Dekortage · · Score: 4, Informative

    The original court decision was handed down last April; this is the punishment. Additionally, when the case went to court in 2005, the courts handed Clarity1 an an injunction against sending more spam. So it sounds like Mansfield first violated the law, then violated a court injunction.

    I wonder if he can pay the fine in e-mail promotion services?

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  2. Summary is in error by The+Famous+Brett+Wat · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's WAYNE Mansfield. "Robert" is his middle name. I was one of the people who lodged a complaint and appeared as a witness in the case. The ACMA press release on the matter is a pretty good resource. I have a blog entry on the subject which is short and to the point, and has useful links to other resources (like the ACMA press release).

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