Singapore Law Blog

To reduce e-mail spam in Singapore, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore (AGC) are issuing a joint consultation paper which proposes a legislative framework to control e-mail spam in Singapore. The proposed legislative framework seeks to balance the legitimate interests and concerns of different groups such as e-mail users and ISPs on the one hand, and marketers on the other. Many jurisdictions such as Australia, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and South Korea have enacted legislation for the control of e-mail spam.
The consultation paper proposes an opt-out regime as part of the legislative framework. It proposes to give ISPs which have suffered loss or damage as a result of spam, a statutory right to commence civil proceedings against the spammer.

IDA and AGC invite comments from the public on the proposals made in the consultation paper. The consultation paper can be downloaded from the "Policy & Regulation" section, under "Consultation Papers" of the IDA web site at www.ida.gov.sg. All comments should be submitted to IDA by 26 July 2004, 12:00 noon. IDA and AGC will assess and consider all comments received before finalising the proposals and commencing the legislative process.