That's accurate. In the first instance, the bill clearly notes that the sending of the first commercial electronic message, even if it's just seeking consent, counts as an unsolicited commercial electronic message.
This is one of the clauses that differentiates us from the American model, which is an opt-out type of regime. Everybody gets that one-off. Every spammer, as much as every legitimate business, is permitted to send that first commercial electronic message.
We're saying that's not acceptable; that's just another form of spam.
The business model for the real estate agent, in this case, is that if the real estate agent would like to contact me through a friend, the friend can provide me with the real estate agent's card and I can contact the real estate agent, rather than the other way around.