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Canadian Anti-Spam Law of 2010: Legislative Background

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A quick definition of Canadian Anti-Spam Law of 2010: Legislative Background:

The Canadian Anti-Spam Law of 2010 was created to stop spam emails and other online threats that harm the internet and its users. The law requires that people must give permission before sending spam emails, and it prohibits false or misleading information in emails. It also sets penalties for those who break the law and allows individuals and companies to take legal action against spammers. The law was created after a task force investigated the problem of spam and made recommendations for how to stop it.

A more thorough explanation:

The Canadian Anti-Spam Law of 2010 is a law that was created to address the growing problem of spam email in Canada. The law was created after a private-sector "Task Force on Spam" was established in 2004 to investigate solutions to the problem.

The Task Force proposed a six-point stakeholder consensus plan for addressing the problem, which included:

  • Making use of existing legal frameworks
  • Reviewing current legislative, regulatory, and enforcement measures
  • Encouraging network management practices and industry best-practice principles
  • Encouraging the development of technologies to validate legitimate commercial email
  • Encouraging businesses to educate consumers about spam-related problems
  • Supporting global anti-spam initiatives

After a year of investigation, the Task Force recommended legislation, regulation, and enforcement to address spam-related problems. The recommendations included:

  • A clear set of rules to prohibit spam and other emerging threats to the safety and security of the Internet
  • An opt-in regime for spam
  • Prohibition of false or misleading headers or subject lines
  • Prohibition of the construction of false or misleading URLs and websites
  • Prohibition of email address harvesting
  • Penalties for offenders, ranging from civil liability to criminal liability
  • A private right of action for individuals and corporations
  • Liability for third parties benefited by spam
  • Administration of a new stand-alone law
  • Priority and resources for administration and enforcement from the Canadian Federal Government
  • Coordinated enforcement with Canadian Provincial and Territorial Government enforcement agencies, as well as with other countries' enforcement agencies

The law was finally enacted in December 2010 as Bill C-28.

Canadian Anti-Spam Law of 2010: Introduction and Abbreviations | Canadian Anti-Spam Law of 2010: Legislative Purposes

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WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:35
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WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:35
Jack's just tweaking on LSD no biggie
to be fair this accurately represents my mental state
election day psychosis coming in hot (fordham)
usc pls pull through .....
i literally just need one A so i can relax before my ED decision
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:38
oh that's right USC might release
soapy
9:43
USC still has not looked at my app
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:43
when did you submit soapy?
soapy
9:44
10/16
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:44
to be fair it took them almost 2 months for me to go under review
soapy
9:44
Feelin a bit stressed, as I've got no date change for Michigan either despite applying 10/7
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:45
I have not had a date change either for Mich but I've seen people get in without one so who knows
I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw
soapy
9:46
But do people get in without addresses going long?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:46
it's tough to tell because a lot of people type out their addresses long to begin with
soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
Mich overrated (Dean Z please let me in even tho i didnt apply and I am below both 25ths)
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:01
The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.
soapy
10:06
Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?
1a2b3c4d26z
10:06
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1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
Walkin to the bus
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
What a good day to get into law school
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:11
@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.
soapy
10:12
Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:14
You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.
soapy
10:15
I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.
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