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Montreal,
Canada, February 21, 2005 - Vircom Inc., developer of
Modus™ secure email management solutions, announced
today it has recently joined the London Action Plan
(LAP), an international organization dedicated to
combating spam.
Created by the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the
US Federal Trade Commission in October 2004, the London
Action Plan is mandated to respond to foreign enquiries
about spam enforcement. Other participants include
private-sector representatives - including Vircom - and
relevant government agencies acting as advisors to LAP.
To date, the London Action Plan has been endorsed by 26
agencies from 19 countries, plus seven private-sector
representatives. In addition, the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the
European Commission participate in LAP activities.
"Spam continues to be the bane of email communications
and needs to be examined globally in order to be
overcome," said Sylvain Durocher, president of Vircom.
"Joining an organization like the London Action Plan
allows us to share best practices for anti-spam and
facilitates our continued cooperation with government
organizations worldwide."
Commitments in the action plan made by participating
private-sector representatives include:
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establishing a designated contact within an
organization to facilitate responses and requests
for enforcement related assistance from spam
enforcement agencies
- work
with other private sector representatives to
establish a resource list of individuals within
particular sectors working on spam enforcement
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participation in conference calls to assist law
enforcement agencies in bringing spam cases and
provide information on cases, new technology, trends
in internet and spam and general data on spam as an
early warning mechanism for government agencies
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assisting in training for government agencies to
help their investigations and to bring spam cases.
About The London Action Plan
The London Action Plan is an international network for
spam enforcers and industry representatives. The LAP
builds relationships between these entities based on a
short document that sets forth a basic work plan for
improving international enforcement and education
cooperation against illegal spam. This document is
non-binding, asking participants only to use best
efforts to move the work plan forward.
About Vircom
Montreal-based Vircom is a leading developer of secure
email management and authentication solutions for the
demanding needs of Internet Service Providers, the real
estate industry, corporations and healthcare facilities.
Vircom's mature Modus™ secure email management
technology incorporates over 10 years of industry
expertise, making it a powerful driving force in the
defense against spam and email-borne fraud. Rated "Best
Windows-based Anti-Spam Solution" by Network Computing
and named a "2004 Recommended" product by SC Magazine,
Modus has gained important industry recognition,
including a record-breaking five-award distinction from
Windows IT Pro magazine.
Vircom is also the developer of VOP Radius, a
full-featured all-in-one RADIUS server that supports the
latest RFCs, vendor specific attributes, NAS templates
and has a multitude of preconfigured settings.
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