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    Spam - Protection of Personal Information Bill

    Future legislation such as the Protection of Personal Information Bill is based on the opt-in philosophy, but it appears that there is a strong lobbying effort to have this changed. The Bill is under consideration by Parliament and was amended last year to allow a direct marketer to approach...
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    Spam - Consumer Protection Act

    The Consumer Protection Act (CPA) and the Consumer Protection Act Regulations (GNR.293 of 1 April 2011) set out the relevant conditions relating to spam. The CPA deals with spam through provisions and regulations dealing with “direct marketing”. This is defined as approaching a person, in...
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    Spam - Electronic Communications and Transactions Act

    According to the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECT Act), any person sending unsolicited commercial communications must give consumers the option to cancel the subscription to the mailing list, and must provide the consumer with the source of his personal information on request...
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    SPAM

    In this series of posts we look at the law and debates surrounding unsolicited communications, focusing on email and SMS. Spam overview South African Law regarding spam Resources
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    FNB "SPAM"

    Hi guys, hopefully someone here can help me: :cry: So the story is this - I'm an FNB banking subscriber and have my email address registered on my banking profile in order to receive my monthly statements etc. Anyway, in addition to these they keeps sending me these "Special Deal" kind of...
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    Spam induced rage; Phishers losing interest in eBay

    Spam induced rage; Phishers losing interest in eBay The latest spam report by Kaspersky reveals that phishing attacks on eBay dropped between March and April
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    Report SMS spam says WASPA

    Report SMS spam says WASPA Consumers receiving unwanted SMS marketing messages from companies that they have not directly supplied with their cellphone numbers should report the spammer to the Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (WASPA).
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    The top spamming nations revealed - Q1 2011

    The top spamming nations revealed - Q1 2011 Asia leapfrogs Europe to become top spam continent while the USA remains the world’s top spam relaying country
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    Direct Axis admits to having a SPAM DATABASE

    Yesterday I again got a spam phone call (with not even a real person on the other end!) from Direct Axis offering me a loan and I decided to take my complaint to Hello Peter, because they didn't take my name off their lists when I asked them to a few weeks ago... Anyway, see their response...
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    Beware of Facebook survey scammers sending bogus event requests

    Beware of Facebook survey scammers sending bogus event requests Facebook scammers invite millions to bogus event
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    Spammers regain lost ground

    Spammers regain lost ground Kaspersky Lab releases their spam report for February 2011, showing that spammers are gaining ground again
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    Did Edgars sell our email addresses?

    Please read this article: http://outsourcehouse.co.za/did-edgars-sell-my-email-address/ It is our assumption that Edgars has sold our email addresses. What do you guys think?
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    Unwanted SMS spam - where's it come from?

    Thought I'd start a thread covering the company's that WASPA has unsubscribed me from - I submit a complaint to them with each message, they reply with the company name and that I've been unsubscribed. Yesterday for some reason I got a bulk load from WASPA - I submitted one complaint last...
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    Is the Spam Hall of Shame anti-competitive?

    Is the Spam Hall of Shame anti-competitive? A spammer listed in ISPA's Spam Hall of Shame has lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission
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    January 2011 Spam Stats

    January 2011 Spam Stats Kaspersky Lab issues their January 2011 Spam Report, revealing that pharmaceutical spam came first in the rating of the most popular spam categories
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    Scamming malware prolific in January 2011

    Scamming malware prolific in January 2011 Scammers, free loaders and multifunctional worms were the name of the Malware game in January 2011 according to Kaspersky Lab
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    SMS spam in SA is a growing problem

    SMS spam in SA is a growing problem Spam “muddying the waters” in SA's mobile space, says market research company Dashboard
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    Malware, phishing and spam on the rise via social networks

    Malware, phishing and spam on the rise via social networks Sophos found that malware, phishing and spam spread over social networks had increased dramatically in 2010
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    Can Spam, bring home the Bacn

    e all know what spam is, but are you bringing home the Bacn? Bacn is the term used to describe email that is just above spam, but not really personal yet. It’s the email you want, but just not right now. Think of all those Facebook pokes or new Twitter followers. I have mailboxes and rules...
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    Bunny-huggers turn their sights on SPAM.

    In a recently released study, McAfee found that spam is adding to the cause of global warming. How does it achieve this? Through the build up of greenhouse gas during the course of sending and cleaning out spam. McAfee, the security firm, has made a study known as “Carbon Footprint of Spam”...
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