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Australia: UCENet Memorandum of Understanding on cross-border cooperation on combatting unsolicited communications

Progress

Current status
adopted
21 Sep 2023 adopted
06 Jun 2023 adopted

Scope

Implementers
Australia
Canada
Netherlands
New Zealand
Republic of Korea
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Quality of Service requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
consumer protection authority
data protection authority
Implementation Level
bi- or plurilateral agreement

Timeline of events

21 Sep 2023
adopted

FTC signed UCENet Memorandum of Understanding on Cross-border Cooperation on Combatting Unsolicited Communications

On 21 September 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cross-border cooperation to combat unsolicited communications. The MoU among the public authorities comprising the Un…

Source
Event type declaration
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority
06 Jun 2023
adopted

Signed Memorandum of Understanding on Cross-border Cooperation on Combatting Unsolicited Communications

On 6 June 2023, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and regulatory agencies from Australia, South Korea, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and New Zealand signed…

Source
Event type declaration
Action type signing
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority