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By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read November 23, 2015

Rogers gets $200,000 fine for faulty email unsubscribe function

For an entire year after Canada's new anti-spam legislation (CASL) came into force, Rogers Media failed to act on complaints that email recipients were having trouble unsubscribing from the company's marketing emails. The CRTC fined Rogers $200,000 for several related infringements of the law that occurred between July 2014 and July 2015.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / Canada anti-spam legislation, CASL, complaints filed with the CRTC, consent to send electronic messages, CRTC, email unsubscribe function, Rogers Media, unsubscribe mechanisms, unsubscribe requests

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read January 17, 2011

Anti-spam bill receives royal assent

The Anti-spam bill places restrictions on the type of unsolicited communications organizations can send. You will only be allowed to send commercial electronic messages if the recipient has given express or implied consent. A commercial electronic message is one whose purpose is "to encourage participation in a commercial activity"...

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Privacy / Anti-spam bill, bill C-28, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, commercial electronic message, consent, consent to send electronic messages, CRTC, ecommerce, electronic commerce, Electronic Commerce Protection Act, electronic communication, malware, McCarthy Tétrault, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents, PIPEDA, spam, spyware, unsolicited communications

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