The purposes and problemsIn July, 2003 seven leading companies of the Russian computer industry ("Ashmanov and Partners", Golden a Telecom, Kaspersky's Laboratory, Mail. Ru, Moscow representation "Microsoft", Rambler and Subscribe. Ru) have united for creation of a national coalition against not requested advertising dispatches (spam). The coalition purpose - development of legal and technological decisions for struggle against a spam, carrying out of educational work, legal prosecution of spamers. More in detail about the purposes and coalition problems the coalition Reference see.
Principles of work of a coalition The coalition is an informal association of the companies engaged in joint activity on struggle against a spam in working groups and organising joint actions. The legal body of a coalition is not registered yet, payments do not gather. Reception questions dare the Organizing committee consisting of representatives of seven companies-organizers. The responsible secretary of a coalition - Igor Ashmanov. Directions of our activity Legislative initiatives: a bill about a spam, projects of amendments to the legislation (to the Law on advertising, the Code on administrative offences, etc.), entering of bills into the State Duma. The right application: identification of spamers, judicial claims to them. Technological initiatives: development of the general principles of a filtration of a spam, creation of national system of struggle against a spam, development of standards of legal post dispatches and so forth Educational work: influence on public opinion, work with a small-scale business, development of the negative public relation to a spam as to an advertising medium. Work in working groups Work in two working groups is at the moment conducted Legal group. Here we work over projects of laws and amendments to the legislation of the Russian Federation concerning a spam and not requested electronic messages, we discuss questions the application right - claims, demonstrative base and so forth the group includes lawyers Microsoft, Golden a Telecom and others. Technological group. Here questions of creation of national system of protection against a spam, filtration methods, standards and rules of electronic dispatches are discussed. In group experts of Laboratory of Kaspersky, Company Ashmanov and Partners, Subscribe.ru work. How to join a coalition The coalition is opened for the introduction of new members (legal bodies). In a coalition the organisations which anyhow face a spam in the activity are welcomed and can bring the contribution to struggle against it - Internet providers, Runet portals, mass-media, advertising agencies, developers of filters of a spam, etc. If you wish to join a coalition, write to coalition organising committee - orgcom@coalition.spamtest.ru We wait for your offers, initiatives, the help. Join! | 
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