spam law passed

The Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill 2007 has now passed into law and will take effect in 6 months time. This Act prohibits address-harvesting through software or a harvested-address list to send unsolicited commercial electronic messages. It applies to all emails, texts and instant messages that market or promote goods, services, and other schemes of a commercial or dishonest nature. People can only receive these if they have opted in and a clear opt-out function must be incorporated. This Act can only apply domestically but it may be extended internationally once agreement is made with other countries. Download the Bill (PDF file).

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