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EU Prohibits Spam

The Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) has voted to prohibit the use of unsolicited commercial e-mail (Spam). Companies must obtain opt-in consent in order to send commercial e-mail messages. To become effective, this prohibition must be approved by the European Parliament.

EU sets online marketing rules, CNN (IDG), September 28, 2001.