Most countries have failed to combat spam

Nine EU member states have failed to adopt on time a privacy law helping the fight against unwanted e-mail, or so-called spam.

The European Commission has now given them two months to provide an explanation.

Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and Sweden have not been able to implement the directive banning e-mail spam.

If they fail to respond to the Commission within the required two months, they could face possible court actio...