Estonia
- Estonian
National Communications Board
Anti-spam rules in Estonia are incorporated in the Information
Society Service Act, which
entered into force on
1 May 2004. Its provisions have been
harmonized with the Directive on electronic commerce 2000/31/EC and it complies
with Directive 2002/58/EC.
The supervision
of compliance with the requirements
provided for in this Act
regarding the information that must be provided concerning
service providers, for commercial communications and transmission, shall
be exercised by the Communications Board and the Data Protection Inspectorate,
within the limits of their competence.
The Estonian
National Communications Board (ENCB) is a government
agency
established by law, which operates within the
governmental area of
the Ministry
of Economic Affairs; it has a directing function, exercises state supervision and
applies the enforcement powers of the state on the basis
of, and to the extent
prescribed by,
the law. The main tasks of
the ENCB include
the promotion of business
competition in the fields of telecommunication and postal services; ensuring the
quality of telecommunications and postal services through regulation; planning
and ensuring the rational use of the limited resources (radio frequencies and
numbering);
and performing surveillance of the companies operating in the fields of
telecommunications and postal services. The
main activities of ENCB proceed from different legislative acts:
Telecommunications Act, Postal Act, Cable Distribution Act, Digital Signatures
Act and Broadcasting Act.
Estonian Data
Protection Inspectorate (EDPI) is a government agency
established by law, which operates within the
governmental area of
the Ministry of the
Interior. The data protection supervision authority shall monitor observance of
the requirements of Personal Data Protection Act and legislation established on
the basis thereof.
The Court has the final decision in conviction.
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