Consumer Alert: Deep Inside a ‘Work at Home’ Scam: Mules Victimized by “Air Parcel Express”
Here at CAUCE, we don't often post articles unrelated to spam law, but this piece by RSA is remarkably well-written and relevant to all Internet users, particularly during these days of high unemployment. Scam job offers to 'work at home' have appeared on...
#C27 Anti-spam bill by end of year – Dalhousie Gazette
C-27 one step closer to becoming lawCanadians could soon enjoy better protection when it comes to unwanted spam filling our e-mail inboxes. Bill C-27, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act, passed through the House of Commons standing committee on industry, science...
Email’s Not Dead, neither is Spam
by Neil SchwartzmanOver the past few years, we have seen a plethora of over-hyped articles in the popular press and blogosphere crowing wrong-headedly about how "email is dead". Social networks like Facebook and Twitter, new and as-yet unproven technologies...
#C27 – Digital Copyright Canada “Debate on spam became innovation agenda discussion”
Russell McOrmond at DCC pointed out the NDPs support of C-27 and how it dovetails to other agenda points:Charlie Angus was in full force yesterday. He took his contribution to the debate on Bill C-27 (often called the anti-SPAM bill, although it still contains...
#C27 – Bill C-27 3rd Reading & Debate in House of Commons Day 2
Transcripts of the debate on The Electronic Commerce Protection Act, anti-spam Bill C-27 - it appears the bill has cross-party support: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2&DocId=4204091#SOB-2935843...
#C27 – Bill C-27 3rd Reading & Debate in House of Commons
Bill C-27 3rd Reading & Debate in House of Commons According to a MessageLabs report of September 2009, which is a division of Symantec Corporation, spam accounted for as much as 86% of all global email traffic. Unfortunately, Canada is in part responsible for...
#C27 – Bill Passes Without Copyright Spyware Provision
Michael Geist has a nice synopsis of what transpired in committee.
#C27 – Bill C-27 Passes Committee Review
#C27 - Anti-spam Bill C-27, ECPA passed committee review and was referred back to the Canadian House of Commons, intact, at 17:30 yesterday. It will be voted upon in the coming days, and then passed to the senate for two readings and votes, a commiteee review, and a...
#C27 RT @BrianMasseMP Masse demands consumer protection
"we are on the side of the consumer, most assuredly" - Tony Clement (Minister of Industry) Digital Copyright Canada posted a release from NDP Industry Critic Brian Masse (Windsor West) about his intervention during Question Period in the House of...
Blog-roll – C-27 Articles by CAUCE, Elsewhere
Consumers Cautiously Optimistic about the Future - Spamtacular Bill C-27: Historic Canadian Anti-spam Legislation Battered, But Still Unbeaten - CircleID Why do we need an opt-in spam law? - Spamresource Canada's anti-spam/spyware/malware Bill C-27 - UPDATE -...
C-27 Update : Standing Commitee Meeting October 21
A lot of key clauses were passed with amendments we presume we have seen - although some are not on the draft we have on-hand, and none were read aloud during the proceedings, so things may have changed. That said: Grandfather clause: 2 years (up from 18 months)...
The Financial Advisors Association of Canada are Clairvoyant
Mr. Greg Pollock, Advocis' president and CEO can apparently sense when someone needs the services of a financial adviser, and is fighting on behalf of consumers. Lucky us. Anti-spam law restricts freedom to conduct legitimate business, says Advocis...
