The Maltese Data Protection Act of 2001 (the “Act”) was the first statute in Malta to deal exclusively with the protection of personal data. It was introduced to render Maltese law compatible with Directive 95/46/EC, even though at the moment of its introduction Malta was not a member of the European Union. The Act entered the statute book on December 14, 2001, with both sides of the House of Representatives voting in favor. It came fully into force on July 15, 2003, and it provides for the protection of individuals, known as data subjects, against violations of their privacy by the processing of personal data.
Taiwan is a large island in Eastern Asia, off the southeastern coast of China, with an area of about 36,000 square miles. It is located in between the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines. It was formerly called Formosa and has about 23 million residents. On April 1947, the Republic of China (ROC) Government began leading by constitutional rule, having broken away from mainland communist China, with powers distributed in ministries, commissions, and councils under the Executive Yuan. The main body for regulating Internet and telecommunications is the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT), a body within the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. In August 1973, the Government Information Office (GIO) became
responsible for mass media guidance and regulation. GIO enacted the Regulations for Rating of Internet Content Law on April 26, 2004, described in Press Release 0930622071-A. The entire purpose of the law is to protect underage persons from adult-themed content.
On the European level, spamming is regulated by the E-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC on Certain Legal Aspects of Information Society Services (the “E-Commerce Directive”) and by European Directive 2002/58/EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications that came into force on July 31, 2002 (the “Electronic Privacy Directive.”) Austria, like the other Member States of the EU, has until October 31, 2003 to implement the Electronic Privacy Directive. On the Austrian level, spamming is regulated by Section 101 of the
Federal Law Relating to Telecommunications (”TKG,”) which prohibits spam done without the prior consent of the subscriber.
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