Editing Spyware (section)

====Netherlands OPTA====
An administrative fine, the first of its kind in Europe, has been issued by the Independent Authority of Posts and Telecommunications (OPTA) from the Netherlands. It applied fines in total value of Euro 1,000,000 for infecting 22 million computers. The spyware concerned is called DollarRevenue. The law articles that have been violated are art. 4.1 of the Decision on universal service providers and on the interests of end users; the fines have been issued based on art. 15.4 taken together with art. 15.10 of the Dutch telecommunications law.<ref>{{cite web |author=OPTA |title=Besluit van het college van de Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit op grond van artikel 15.4 juncto artikel 15.10 van de Telecommunicatiewet tot oplegging van boetes ter zake van overtredingen van het gestelde bij of krachtens de Telecommunicatiewet |date=November 5, 2007 |url=http://www.opta.nl/download/202311+boete+verspreiding+ongewenste+software.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129012910/http://www.opta.nl/download/202311+boete+verspreiding+ongewenste+software.pdf |archive-date=2011-01-29}}</ref>