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Anti-spam bill receives royal assent

January 17, 2011 Adam Gorley Human Resources, Privacy and Security

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”…

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