Sen. Charles Schumer released a poll Wednesday that shows consumers favor a do-not-e-mail registry like that contained in the anti-spam bill he introduced on June 11.
Schumer (D-NY) plans to attach language calling for the creation of a do-not-spam registry to another Senate bill, the CAN-SPAM Act, before it goes for a vote by the full Senate, according to Phil Singer, spokesman for Schumer.
CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act), contains a provision calling for the Federal Trade Commission to study the efficacy of a do-not-spam list. CAN-SPAM was introduced by Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on April 10.
Conducted by the ePrivacy Group and the Ponemon Institute, the survey of about 1,100 consumers shows that 75% want a federal no-spam list, similar to the FTC do-not-call list. In addition, almost 80% want a federal law banning spam and nearly 60% want spammers punished.
Consumers prefer punishment of spammers to be handled by a federal authority as opposed to state officials or law enforcement. But, by a margin of 2 to1, consumers want to have the ability to bring their own legal action against spammers.
“The major flaw is the people causing the problem are likely to disregard the list and those trying to do the right thing will abide by it and have a significant amount of their prospecting inhibited,” said H. Robert Wientzen, CEO of the Direct Marketing Association.
Why should Joe Consumer buy that reasoning when he
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