Canada Outlaws Spam
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 06/15/2015 09:54 AM
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Canada is fighting spam and some say it is winning the battle.
Bill Gates dared to predict the spam’s death was near in 2004. It's now 2015 and the end is nowhere in sight. But Canada has seen a 37% drop in spam this last year.
In July it will be a year since the Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into force and its results have been more that positive.
All of this is due to the new law passed in 2014 that require the following from companies sending out emails. The CASL created three requirements about sending commercial emails and imposing hefty fines to any person or company that fails to comply these regulations:
‘You must have express or implied consent to send a commercial electronic message’.
‘You must clearly identify yourself and the business or organization sending the commercial electronic message’.
‘You must include an Unsubscribe mechanism on every commercial electronic message sent’.
However, the problem is far from being solved. The CASL fights directly against spam sent from Canada, but can’t do anything when the sender is from another country. It is estimated that 53% of the spam that Canadians receive actually comes from the United States.
Source: PandaSecurity
Bill Gates dared to predict the spam’s death was near in 2004. It's now 2015 and the end is nowhere in sight. But Canada has seen a 37% drop in spam this last year. In July it will be a year since the Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into force and its results have been more that positive.
All of this is due to the new law passed in 2014 that require the following from companies sending out emails. The CASL created three requirements about sending commercial emails and imposing hefty fines to any person or company that fails to comply these regulations:
‘You must have express or implied consent to send a commercial electronic message’.
‘You must clearly identify yourself and the business or organization sending the commercial electronic message’.
‘You must include an Unsubscribe mechanism on every commercial electronic message sent’.
However, the problem is far from being solved. The CASL fights directly against spam sent from Canada, but can’t do anything when the sender is from another country. It is estimated that 53% of the spam that Canadians receive actually comes from the United States.
Source: PandaSecurity
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