As of July 1st, Canada has a new anti-spam law which was designed to keep spam out of the inboxes of Canadians. Well, an interesting side effect of this new law is the fact that according to the CBC the CRTC has been flooded with complaints since the law went into effect:
More than 1,000 complaints have been filed since the new anti-spam law took effect on Tuesday, says Manon Bombardier, the CRTC’s chief compliance and enforcement officer.
Hundreds of reports have been submitted daily and investigators are already at work looking into whether companies have violated the new law, says Bombardier.
“We have received a number of complaints, and the numbers will keep going up for sure, but really for us the positive message is Canadians are seeing the importance of the legislation and they are reporting (spam) to the CRTC as the mechanism allows them to do,” she says.
“From what we’ve observed in social media the reaction seems to be quite positive.”
I’m not so sure about that. First, I fully expect that number to grow. Second, as I’ve said previously, I fully expect that responsible businesses will obey the law. But those offshore or those who just don’t care won’t. But it’s still early in this process so perhaps I’ll be proven wrong. But somehow I doubt it.
Like this:
Like Loading...
Related
This entry was posted on July 4, 2014 at 11:04 am and is filed under Commentary with tags Canada, Spam. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Canadians Report 1000 Violations Of New Spam Law
As of July 1st, Canada has a new anti-spam law which was designed to keep spam out of the inboxes of Canadians. Well, an interesting side effect of this new law is the fact that according to the CBC the CRTC has been flooded with complaints since the law went into effect:
More than 1,000 complaints have been filed since the new anti-spam law took effect on Tuesday, says Manon Bombardier, the CRTC’s chief compliance and enforcement officer.
Hundreds of reports have been submitted daily and investigators are already at work looking into whether companies have violated the new law, says Bombardier.
“We have received a number of complaints, and the numbers will keep going up for sure, but really for us the positive message is Canadians are seeing the importance of the legislation and they are reporting (spam) to the CRTC as the mechanism allows them to do,” she says.
“From what we’ve observed in social media the reaction seems to be quite positive.”
I’m not so sure about that. First, I fully expect that number to grow. Second, as I’ve said previously, I fully expect that responsible businesses will obey the law. But those offshore or those who just don’t care won’t. But it’s still early in this process so perhaps I’ll be proven wrong. But somehow I doubt it.
Share this:
Like this:
Related
This entry was posted on July 4, 2014 at 11:04 am and is filed under Commentary with tags Canada, Spam. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.