Section 3, Simplified Outline, states
"Address-harvesting software must not be supplied, acquired or used"
and
Section 4, Definitions: defines "address-harvesting software" as
"...software that is specifically designed or marketed for use for:
(a) searching the Internet for electronic addresses;
and
(b) collecting, compiling, capturing or otherwise harvesting those electronic addresses."
Unless refined, this seems to imply that metadata harvesters and many other legitimate harvesters will become "illegal". Which seems a little counter-productive.
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Section 3, Simplified Outline, states
"Address-harvesting software must not be supplied, acquired or used"
and
Section 4, Definitions: defines "address-harvesting software" as
"...software that is specifically designed or marketed for use for:
(a) searching the Internet for electronic addresses;
and
(b) collecting, compiling, capturing or otherwise harvesting those electronic addresses."
Unless refined, this seems to imply that metadata harvesters and many other legitimate harvesters will become "illegal". Which seems a little counter-productive.