Circle ID: Hot Legal Action in Canada!

By Neil Schwartzman for Circle ID

The best part is ... this isn't one of those 'now that I've got your attention' tricks, like one of those old "free beer" posters; there really is a ton of stuff happening above the 49th parallel this summer.

Canada's Anti-Spam Law

To begin with, as a precursor to Canada's Anti-spam Law coming into effect later this year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission, and Industry Canada have all issued regulations, the latter two in draft form with an RFC.

The regulations define express and implied consent, how unsubscribes should work, what disclosure information should be presented to subscribers, and the manner in which it is displayed. The regulations are, in essence, where numerous T's are being crossed, and i's being dotted, and are well worth a glance. Read more »

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