Privacy and SPAM

I wrote to Sarah last week after reporting on her questioning of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the subject of unsolicited telecommunications. I asked her what steps would the Liberal Democrats take to combat SPAM? Would the LD’s advocate OPT-IN or OPT-OUT measures? Would LD’s toughen up privacy laws to protect my contact details or will they be relaxed? Sarah was prompt in her response. I wrote using her direct @parliament....

October 20, 2004 · 3 min · Rob Dyke

Stopping Spam!

Sarah has been asking questions of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry relating to unsolicited bulk communications (be they by mail, telephone or fax calls or email. You can follow the question thread here. Sarah wanted to know how many residential and commercial address have registered for the Address Preference Service - But because the Post Office is no longer a state concern, the address preference service is not managed by the government but by Royal Mail Group....

October 13, 2004 · 3 min · Rob Dyke