FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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 FTC’s 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


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"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/


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