Here's a bit of bad news for those who actually enjoy receiving
Nokia's regular tips via SMS:
Reuters reports that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has slapped the Finnish company a hefty A$55,000 ($58,000) fine, with the reason being that there was no way to unsubscribe from said messages. This kind of flaw sure is a surprise at this day and age, but Nokia's already taken action by simply axing this spammy service entirely in Australia, while at the same time "
ramping it down elsewhere" just to be safe, according to Reuters. If
Pope Benedict is still going about his texting business over there, we sure hope he won't be next on the Aussie naughty list.
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Ester Inbar]
Nokia penalised for texting tips to Aussie users, regrets not adding unsubscribe option originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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