New Jersey, U.N. join the fight against Spam.The New Jersey legislature The New Jersey Legislature is the U.S. state of New Jersey's legislative branch, seated in the New Jersey State House at the state's capital, Trenton. The Legislature is bicameral, consisting of two houses: the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate. recently passed a bill that aims to penalize pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail with up to 10 years in prison. The bill requires that senders of commercial e-mails include an opt-out mechanism similar to the one required by the federal CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003) A U.S. statute effective January 1, 2004 that allows spammers to be fined up to $6 million. Act. New Jersey's bill differs from the CAN-SPAM Act, however, in that it includes a private right of action, which allows individuals to take disputes to court. New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey is expected to consider the bill in September. In addition, the United Nations has stated its intent to fight spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). on an international level. In fact, spam-fighting legislation was on the agenda at a recent 60-country meeting of the International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. , a U.N. agency. If enacted, the legislation could make cross-border cooperation in the fight against unsolicited commercial e-mail more feasible. For more information on this or other public policy issues, call 202-626-2703. |
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