gmail anyone?

[Brian Durant]

BTW, there has been criticism in Denmark and other EU
countries about the direct marketing mechanism that
Google is talking about using. While nothing is set in
stone at this time, A perusing of indiviual's e-mails
is forbidden in a large number of countries, which in
principle also makes it against the law to present
individuals with individualized advertisements. While
I salute the Google initiative, I would urge everyone
that has a Gmail account to petition Google to find
another advertising model/solution. The original text
is in Danish below, if there is anyone on the list
that is interedted

"Der har været en del kritik af det kommende
mail-system Google Gmail. Kritikken er fokuseret på
gennemgåelse af forbrugerens e-mail, til brug af
direkte markedsføring. Det er forbudt i en række lande
at gennemgå personers e-mail, hvilket i princippet
også gør det ulovligt af præsentere vedkommende for
persontilpassede reklamer."

Cheers,

Brian