Here Come the Registries Again

If The Federal Trade Commission says a national do-not-e-mail registry is unworkable and poses a major security threat to consumers using it, it stands to reason that state e-mail registries would be unworkable security threats, too, right?

Not according to lawmakers in Michigan and Utah. Utah’s so-called child-protection registry went live Aug. 15. Michigan’s was held up because of pricing issues at press time, but may very well be up now. Both allow the registration of e-mail addresses and other