Legislating against Unsolicited Electronic Messages Sent for Marketing or Promotional Purposes (Spam): Regulatory Impact and Business Compliance Cost Statement - Consultation
21. Consultation took the form of submissions to a discussion paper and an industry workshop. Forty-three submissions were received from industry and specialist groups, businesses, ISPs, telecommunications companies, government agencies and individuals.
22. There were two areas of concern for some respondents. Some respondents preferred industry self-regulation; however, they appreciated the need for legislation for global cooperation and to prevent New Zealand from becoming a haven for spamming. The other concern would be that the sending of unsolicited non-commercial promotional messages from political, religious and charitable organisations has not been prohibited. However, this will be addressed to some extent by the requirement for these messages to have an unsubscribe function to allow recipients to opt-out of receiving further messages in the future.
23. The following government agencies were consulted: Commerce Commission, Department of Internal Affairs, Department of Justice, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Economic Development - Legal, and Regulatory and Competition Policy, State Services Commission, and Treasury.
24. The above government agencies did not have any significant concerns with the preferred option.
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