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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7895

3 February 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/data protection
A study recommends the "opt-in" method to combat junk-mail and encourage email marketing

Brussels, 02/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to a study on unsolicited commercial communications over the Internet, that the Commission published on Thursday, internet subscribers are said to unwittingly paying an estimated 10 billion euro a year in connection costs just to receive "junk" e-mails (or "spam"). According to a Commission press release, this study, "which provides detailed information on the junk mail phenomenon in both the United States and the European Union, forms part of...

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