Australia beefs up fight against spam
Australian authorities are beefing up the country's fight against spam email with a new code of practice for ISPs and email companies, officials said.
The code of practice comes on top of an anti-spam law passed in 2004 that mandated fines of up to A$1.1 million ($780,000) for people sending unsolicited email.
The code, drawn up by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, orders ISPs to offer spam filtering options to customers and provide a system for handling complaints.
They also will have to impose reasonable limits on the amount of email that subscribers can send.
ACMA anti-spam team manager Bruce Matthews said the watchdog could seek Federal Court fines of up to A$10 million ($7.8 million) for companies found breaching the code after it comes into force in July.
