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Saturday, October 25, 2003California Attorney General's Office $2m fines PWM Spammers
 Bill Lockyer the California Attorney General has fined internet marketing company PW Marketing of Los Angeles 2 million dollars in a landmark case, for sending millions of unwanted emails, SPAM, to Californian residents. The action was brought under the 1998 anti-spam law, and specifically because the emails did not include a free-phone number for recipients to call to be able to request they be removed from the list to prevent future mailings. In addition the emails did not include a vaid return email address and were deliberately sent in such a way as to hide the identity of the company.The two owners of the company, Paul Willis and Claudia Griffin have also been banned from owning or managing any company that advertises over the internet for a period of 10 years. Next year the laws are going to get much tougher too as individuals will be able to bring cases against those who send unsolicited email. Related Links California Attorney General's Office Getting Tough on Spammers California wins anti-spam case - BBC - By Maggie Shiels California Attorney General MXtreme Anti-SPAM appliance MXtreme : Microsoft Exchange & Outlook Web Access security vulnerabilities Anti-SPAM white paper posted by Robert Campbell 8:23 AM
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