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By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 2 Minutes Read May 16, 2016

Fill in the blanks and test your “Do Not Call” skills

Complying with the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules (UTR) includes the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) Rules, the Telemarketing Rules and the Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices (ADAD) Rules. Test your knowledge to see if you understand these obligations.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting / Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices, national do not call list, National Do Not Call Registry, Telecommunications, telemarketing, Telemarketing Rules, Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules

By Occasional Contributors | 6 Minutes Read January 27, 2016

Phone companies after R v. Rogers: Constitutional guardians or agents of the State?

People love their phones. Phones now accompany us pretty much wherever we go, whatever we do. People use their phones in church, in restaurants, at the theatre, and, apparently, while committing crimes. And our phones are leaving a trail behind us. Police know this. They also know that records are created every time our phones connect to cell towers to send and receive calls, SMS messages, or data. Every one of those records indicates that a phone (and, implicitly, the person carrying it) was in range of a particular cell tower, at a particular time. This could be useful information if, say, one wanted to identify the person (or people) responsible for a string of jewelry store robberies. The method will be familiar to many from movies and T.V. shows: all you need to do is to gather a list of every single person who was near each of the locations of interest at the time of interest and analyze the patterns. And, hey, that cell tower data can provide that list…. But is it legal?

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / canadian charter of rights and freedoms, cell tower data, Charter, criminal code, Fair Information Practice Principles, PIPEDA, production orders, reasonable expectation of privacy, Rogers and Telus, Telecommunications, The principle of limiting the collection of personal information, unreasonable search and seizure

By Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA | 7 Minutes Read October 29, 2012

What do I need to know about Canada’s new anti-spam legislation?

Canada’s anti-spam legislation is expected to be declared in force in 2013. It will regulate most forms of commercial electronic messages sent to Canadians, including email, text messages and messages sent through social media. Under the anti-spam legislation, either express or implied consent is required before sending commercial electronic messages. In addition, the message must comply with prescribed information disclosures, and a mechanism to unsubscribe must be provided.

Article by Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Privacy / anti-spam legislation, Business, business relationship, Canadian economy, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, commercial activity, commercial electronic messages, CRTC, ecommerce, email, express or implied consent, information disclosures, mechanism to unsubscribe, messages sent through social media, Telecommunications, text messages, transmission data

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