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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8081

29 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/information society
Citizens' freedoms and rights Committee abandons "opt-in" solution for unsolicited e-mail

Strasbourg, 29/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - Adopting the second report by Marco Cappato (Lista Bonino, Italy) last week in Strasbourg on the draft directive on processing personal information and protecting privacy in electronic communications, the EP's Committee of Civil Liberties and Citizens' Rights decided to leave it to Member States to decide whether the sending of unsolicited e-mail for marketing purposes should be subject to prior consent by the recipient (the "opt-in" solution) or...

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