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FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:06:05 GMT
Via The FTC. [snip] An Internet marketer will pay a $900,000 civil penalty for violating the CAN-SPAM Act, the largest penalty yet for illegal spam, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The company also is permanently prohibited from its unlawful practices, according to a consent decree signed by the company. According to the FTC, since July 2002, San Francisco-based Jumpstart Technologies LLC, has operated as an Internet marketer, providing direct marketing opportunities for its advertising partners and collecting marketing information to sell to third parties. The FTCs complaint alleges that in its FreeFlixTix promotion, Jumpstart violated the law by disguising its commercial e-mails as personal messages, and by misleading consumers as to the terms and conditions of the promotion. [snip] More: http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/03/freeflixtix.htm - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard Fergie (Mar 23)
- Re: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard Richard E. Perlotto II (Mar 23)
- Re: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 24)
- Re: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard Drsolly (Mar 24)
- Re: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard Stephen J. Smoogen (Mar 24)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard Fergie (Mar 24)
- Re: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard Richard E. Perlotto II (Mar 23)