Industry initiatives

Industry Best Practices

Internet service providers and other networks operators :

  BIAC-MAAWG Best Practices for Internet Service Providers and Network Operators (also available in Italian - PDF) - Developed in the context of the OECD Task Force on spam work, the Best Practices represent the first international set of common practices among ISPs, and constitute a good basis for further harmonisation and development.

  Recommended Best Practices for Internet Service Providers and other Network Operators - Report of the Canadian Task Force on Spam.

  Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) Code of Conduct

  Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) Code of Conduct for ISPs

  Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA) Technology and Policy Proposal

  London Internet Exchange (Linx) Best Current Practices “Combating UBE V.2”

ISPs Acceptable user policies

  Microsoft Anti-Spam policy

  Yahoo Terms of Service

  Tiscali(in Italian)

Online operators and marketers

  Australia e-Marketing Code of Practice

  Canadian Recommended Best Practices for Electronic Marketing - Report of the Canadian Task Force on Spam.

Mobile operators

  Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Code for responsible mobile marketing: A code of conduct and guidelines to best practice

  Vodafone anti-spam policy