Most people will recognise the OECD as an economic institute and not exactly associate the institute with spam. But now the OECD has produced a background report on spam. It contains an initial survey of the problems related to and caused by spam.

It focuses on identifying the characteristics of spam, the reasons why spam is increasing and several of the problems raised by spam. These problems include the costs of spam, its impact on communication infrastructures and markets, breaches of privacy and theft of corporate information, spam content, network security and consumer protection issues.

The paper also aims to provide a survey of member country initiatives in the area of spam to facilitate an exchange of information as to the impact of different solutions being implemented.

Finally, this paper aims to provide a basis for further discussion and information exchange among member countries to counter spam at national and international levels.

The paper ist attached as a download.

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