Government Spam Reporting Center Almost Here
The government’s spam reporting center is on it’s way, according to Postmedia News.
Unsolicited commercial emails, faxes and calls have been illegal in Canada since 2010 but enforcement has yet to kick in. This center will handle complaints in regards to this activity.
Canadian Gov. Publishes Anti-Spam Site
A new federal government site offering tips on how to avoid unsolicited commercial email, a.k.a spam, can be found at fightspam.gc.ca.
An Interesting Link On The Anti-Spam Law
A short article on the new Canadian anti-spam law can be found here.
Canadian Anti-Spam Bill Comes Into Force
Bill C-28 came into force yesterday.
As a member of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email for over a decade and participating member of the Task Force On Spam, I had waited for years for anti-spam legislation to pass in Canada. But of course the proposed bills appeared to have major issues until now.
Hopefully the spammers will leave Canada in response to this legislation, like they did in Australia, the U.K and USA when those countries passed anti-spamming legislation. And yes, this legislation covers those costly text spams, unless these are non-commercial solicitations (charities/political parties).
Additional information on this new legislation can be found at the Industry Canada web site.