Changes to the CAUCE Board of Directors & New Member
Over the past months, there have been a few changes and it is fitting that we acknowledge them here Directors Matt Sergeant and Mike 'der mouse' Parker have both resigned, moving on to new ventures outside of the anti-abuse world. We thank them both for their...
CRTC Issues CASL (Canada’s Anti-Spam Law) Regulation Guidelines
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission today issued two important guideline documents related to their previously-published RegulationsGuidelines on the interpretation of the Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (CRTC)Compliance and...
Spam Reporting Centres
People often ask about where to report spam, sometimes even sending it directly to CAUCE (please don't, we can't do anything with it). Here are a few places where you can send your spam. Remeber to forward the entire spam, including the full headers. Directly to your...
Inbound Email Filtering Sued Over Privacy Issues, This Time in Canada
In a case that parallels many of the aspects of the three cases filed in July 2012 in California, against Google & Yahoo!, retiree Wayne Plimmer of Sechelt, British Columbia filed a class action suit against Google on October 4, 2012. Here is a copy of the...
Dutch Anti-spam Legal Action
OPTA, the anti-spam Regulator today announced a fine of 100,000 euroes was levied against Companeo SA for sending 15,000,000 spam messages in 2009 Here's a translation of the news release, from the original Dutch: The OPTA, the Independent Post and...
UK regulators fine text spammers over $400,000
According to a BBC report, the United Kingdom Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will be levying large fines on mobil phone text spammers. In March the ICO started asking consumers to report unwanted calls, texts, and emails, and was deluged with over 30,000...
A new Definition of ‘Opt-in’
In April, I stayed at the Hotel Carelton in San Francisco. Today, I received an email sent on their behalf with some interesting headers: From: Joie de Vivre <VIP@crm.SafeCRM.com> (1) Subject: 20% Off Our Best Available Rates For A Limited Time!!! Date: July 26,...
New MAAWG Award Named in honour of CAUCE Founder J.D. Falk
CAUCE is delighted to see our founding member honoured in such a manner, our sincere thanks go out to MAAWG and Return Path for this fitting gesture. Seeking to throw a little light on those making the Internet a safer experience for all, the Messaging, Malware and...
Emeritus Board Members
The following people have served on the CAUCE board over the years: J.D. Falk (1974-2011) CAUCE founding member J.D. Falk worked on anti-spam systems and policies for suchinfluential companies as the original Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS), Microsoft, andYahoo!,...
Hoodia spammer Brian McDaid goes to jail
Brian McDaid was a chiropractor who ran an affiliate spam scheme in 2005-2006 for Hoodia and other weight loss nostrums. He called his company Sili Neutraceuticals. In 2007, the FTC charged that he falsely advertised that Hoodia caused rapid weight loss. In 2008, they...
CASL Slides into 2013
We have all been patiently waiting for new regulations on CASL, they were expected before the governments summer vacation session, but sadly we will continue to wait. Several industry organizations have been telling members that the CASL Regs V2 will slide into the...
CRTC CASL Regulation Summary
We have found what appears to be an official version of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commissions (CRTC) Canada’s Anti-Spam Law CASL regulations. Here is a quick summary:
