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Articles tagged with: Spam and Australian Communications and Media Authority
Australian Firm Warned to Stop Sending Spam SMS
..with the Spam Act by SMS marketers has been integral to raising awareness of SMS spam amongst the general public and the business community," said Chris Chapman, ACMA Chairman. In other recent outcomes relating to SMS, ACMA has issued infri more
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Optus Fined for Breaching Australian Anti-Spam Laws
.. the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for breaches of the country's anti-spam legislation. The infringement notices were in relation to 20,000 commercial electronic messages sent by Optus that ACMA alleges failed to provid more
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Australian SMS Firm Agrees to Abide by Anti-Spam Laws
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Oxygen8 Communications, after investigating complaints under the spam Act 2003 that commercial messages in the form of SMS were sent by content providers using Oxygen8 CommunicationsÃ' technology platforms. more
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mBlox Fined for Sending SMS Spam
Mobile billing provider, mBlox has paid a penalty of AU$11,000 (US$7,153) after the Australian Communications and Media Authority issued it with an infringement notice for alleged contraventions of the spam Act 2003. more
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.. case they hear a recorded promotional message."This is similar to receiving email spam which includes nothing except a link to a website," said Nerida O'Loughlin, General Manager of ACMA's Industry Outputs Division. "In many ways, it is worse, as th more
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..the messages.The ACMA action follows complaints from the public."SMS spam is not exempt from the provisions of the Spam Act and is often perceived as more intrusive than email spam," said Lyn Maddock, Acting ACMA Chair.Ms Maddock said the involvement more
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