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United Kingdom - Information Commissioner's Office

The UK Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) implemented the new anti-spam regulation, based on the EU Directive 58/2002 (pdf), with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulation, which came into force on 11 December 2003. The enforcement of this new instruments is under the responsibility of the Information Commissioner, however considering that several issues relating to spam also concerns consumer protection and trade, the Office of Fair Trading is also active in this field, in particular on the subject of online scams.

Competent authority	Information Commissioner's Office
Contact person	The Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire, SK9 5AF Tel: +44 16 25 545700 Fax: +44 1625 524510 Email: mail@ico.gsi.gov.uk
Relevant legislation in place	Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2426 The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
International cooperation	Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Enforcement Assistance in Commercial Email matters among the United States Federal Trade Commission, the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading, the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the United Kingdom, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and the Australian Communications Authority. The London Action Plan Operation Spam Zombie Operation secure your server
News and information	One tenth of spam email is for chavs UK to adopt anti-spam measures United Kingdom: Getting Tough on Spam? Make Love Not Spam Campaign UK laws are failing to deter spam, 21/04.2005 Office of Fair Trading: Online shopping The Department of Trade and Industry (responsible for implementing the EU Dir 58/2002). All Party Internet Group (APIG) Report on Spam