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Third-Party Emailer Exceptions Introduced Into Canadian Anti-Spam Law
- Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:36 PM
A national task force to address the issue of spam was called for as early as 2005 in Canada, resulting in an anti-spam law that passed in 2010. However the law has still not been enacted, as lobbying groups representing commercial interests have applied pressure on the Canadian Industry Minister. The Minister has reportedly caved to the pressure and introduced a number of new exceptions that limit the effectiveness of the opt-in model, including a third-party provision that allows one business to send emails to another businesses' email lists with only a referral from the business that owns the list, and not express permission from recipients.
