Brussels, 26/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The volume of unsolicited e-mail ("spam") has reached disturbing proportions: over 50% of electronic mail sent and received throughout the world is "spam", compared to only 7% in 2001. Anticipating the danger this phenomenon represents for the development of the information society, the EU has adopted a directive on privacy and communications (2002/58/EC), bringing in the principle of "opt-in", i.e. obligatory previous consent to be able to send...