TAIWAN APPROVES DRAFT ANTI-SPAM ACT
Taiwan’s Executive Yuan on 19 January 2005 approved a draft Anti-Spam Act that is hoped will significantly reduce the increasing problem of spam mail while enhancing Internet security and efficiency in Taiwan.
The draft law will now be forwarded to Taiwan’s lawmakers ate the Legislative Yuan for deliberation and if enacted, will allow recipients of unwanted spam mail to make claims for compensation for damages incurred due to their receipt of spam mail. In the event that claimants cannot prove the amount of their damages, they will be permitted to claim the amount of NT$ 500 (approximately US$ 17) to NT$ 2,000 (approximately US$ 67) per item of received spam mail. A single sender of e-mail messages will be liable for up to NT$ 20 million (approximately US$ 666,667) per violation.
Per the terms of the draft law, commercial e-mail messages must contain codes, such as \"ADV\" signifying that the message is an \"advertisement,\" unless the recipient has given previous consent to receive the spam mail. In addition, senders of spam mail will be required to provide accurate identifying data and address so as to assist in investigations the same are necessary.
Under the draft law, bulk e-mail service providers will be permitted to refuse to send e-mail messages that contain fraudulent content.
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