Illegal spam senders face fines of up to 6% of sales

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a revised communication law to impose fines of up to 6 percent of relevant sales on illegal spam senders, as well as on mobile carriers that fail to properly prevent them, the media watchdog said. The revision to the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection will additionally confiscate proceeds from illegal activities on top of such fines, according to the Korea Media Communications Commission. The revision

By The Korea Herald