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:
CRTC responds to stakeholder concerns with final regulations under CASL
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has finalised its regulations under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), resulting in a set of rules that are more balanced, reasonable, and in line with the objectives of the legislation. CASL creates rules for sending commercial electronic messages (CEMs) and installing computer programs. It also establishes a general prohibition against the alteration of transmission data and is expected to come into force later in 2012. Industry Canada is also responsible for developing regulations, and should be posting another version of its regulations within the next month or so.
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Become a CAUCE member Show your support of CAUCE by becoming a member! Click here to join CAUCE and to subscribe to our newsletter. CAUCE is an all-volunteer organization, but we do have expenses, so there are several levels of paid memberships beyond the...
The AARP Are Spamming Again
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP.org) have an unfortunate history of spamming, their IPs and domain have been blacklisted at certain points, and it appears they are again up to their old tricks.
Canada moves ahead on the Spam Reporting Centre
One of the important parts of Canada's new anti-spam law (CASL) is the Spam Reporting Centre. It is intended to serve multiple functions, including to help the government track the effectiveness of its anti-spam enforcement, to collect data to bring legal cases...
