Code of practice for Australia's ISPs
Legislative code to come into force.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is poised to
introduce a legislative code of practice for ISPs that could see hefty
fines being dished out to service providers that fail to comply.
Under the new code, ISPs must offer spam-filtering options to subscribers
and provide a system of handling complaints. They are also required to
impose limits on the rate at which their subscribers can send email. A
spokesman for the ACMA said it could seek penalties in the Federal Court of
up to AU$10 million for a breach of an industry code. The code will come
into effect on 16 July.
01 April 2006
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