
ACMA accepts undertakings after Spam Act investigation into Coca-Cola SMS marketing | ACMAThe Australian Communications and Media Authority has accepted enforceable undertakings from three companies—Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited (VHA), New Dialogue Pty Ltd (New Dialogue), Big Mobile Pt...
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Spamhaus Blog - Some Good News From DownunderTwo New Zealanders well known to Spamhaus have been fined for their roles in the biggest pharmaceutical spamming operation in the history of the internet, officials of the nation's Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) said on Monday. Hat Tip: @box...
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I received this note today from the team behind the Karmasphere Project, a community based DIY Reputation service, stating that the service will be shutting it's doors in a couple of weeks.Hello,As a registered user of Karmasphere Reputation Services, we wanted to let you know that we are discont...
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Before I start a special thanks to Industry Canada for providing a behind the scenes look at Bill C-27 and for educating me on the following.Background on C-27:In 2004 Industry Canada formed the Federal Anti-Spam Task Force (aka. FAST-F) to bring together all of the major industry players that wo...
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Last night was very exciting for a number of us here in Canada. The Canadian governments Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Technology finalized the Draft for Bill C-27 (The Anti-Spam Bill) and it will now be delivered to the House of Commons for a final all party vote. The final draft wi...
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Letter to Prime Minister Harper in Support of Bill C-27, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act | @CAUCE CAUCE reaches out to the Prime Minister of Canada over Bill C-27 - the Electronic Commerce Protection Act
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Spamfighter.com are Spammers Spamming the Executive Director of CAUCE NA - simply a bad Idea - It gets you blogged about
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Chris Bosh’s Win Over Cybersquatter Liberates 800 Domain Names | NYTimes
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Utah AG Vows to Spread Registry Idiocy | Magilla Marketing Say it ain't so... US marketers Get your lobbying pens ready! Pharmacy scam accounts for 70% of spam in September - | USATODAY Blame Canada, Blame Canada... Feeding on the fears on N1H1 Pharmacy spammers fight for your inbox
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With all the industry buzz about issues with Postini through twitter today, there is finally legitimate confirmation about the messaging management tools not working effectively, as reported by Computerworld By Sharon Gaudin - October 13, 2009 04:07 PM ET:Postini Trouble Stymies U.S. E-mail Users...
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Today Twitter announced upgrades to their spam fighting services - you will now see the text "report [username] for spam" under the actions you can take when viewing a users account.This is a new method for contacting the Spam team at twitter... Previously you would have to follow the @spam accou...
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Why Email Still Rules (a Response to Today's WSJ) Pivotal Veracity responds to the Wall Street journal's email's over article.
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Yesterday marks the kick off of the Email Marketer's Club Webinar series with a presentation titled "Getting The Most Out Of Your Holiday Email Campaigns". Hosted by Tamara Gielen and Andrew Kordek. Great presentation here, with lots of helpful tips and information. Getting The Most Out Of Your H...
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A second chance to connect with consumers | iMediaQuote: "The data you already have can help you trigger and launch customized campaigns that will keep customers coming back. Find out how to get started."Rogers Incubator on FacebookRogers INC.ubator where you can come to receive expert ...
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Today on the Spamhaus Blog an Announcement appeared discussing a new classification to the SBL - Spamhaus CSS (Composite Snow-Shoe). This is a new classification that will be making it easier to identify and combat an old yet rapidly growing problem - the Snowshoe Spammer.Don't know what Snowsho...
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Part two of Using the tools available to your advantageSo I have been experimenting with a number of different out lets for interacting with the Email Marketing Community and I'm had some great success with twitter and some mediocre success with some of the other channels I've been playing in. A...
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Hidden cost of email blasts | Word to the Wise Quote: "Email, of course, is free.Except it’s not."
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This sounds like a great event and as an ambassador for IAPP Canada, I would like to extend this invitation to you to attend the next KnowledgeNet meeting. What are KnowledgeNets?KnowledgeNets are free educational workshops for the data protection and privacy community. Each meeting features a p...
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Vegemite's stupid and clueless linking policy | Boing Boing Really? You can Read it, print it but you can put a Web link to it? So 1989 Internet ;)
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I have been thinking about this a lot and I'm starting to see it more and more small business owners focusing their attention online where big businesses are falling behind. The main reason I see this is the affordability - where else can you virtually advertise your products and services for nex...
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Top 10 Spam-Friendly Registrars Named and Shamed - CIO.com - Business Technology LeadershipQuote: Domain name registrars are in a unique place when it comes to fighting malicious activity on the Internet. Because spammers tend to register many different domain names in the hope of evading antispa...
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CrapHammer: What Spammers Know That We Don'tWhile this is not exactly new news It's now spreading out side of email to be just as problematic. Quote: "Spammers Innovating Faster than Hi Tech"US Dems fill inboxes with 419 scams • The RegisterA good lesson in Forward to a Frien...
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Facebook to make privacy changes | CBCQuote: Facebook has agreed to make changes to better protect users' personal information on the social networking site and comply with Canadian privacy laws within one year, Canada's privacy commissioner said Thursday.Sleazy opt-in email tactics fro...
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Searching for celebrities can be fun - and infectious | The Boston GlobeQuote: [Jessica Biel] The 27-year-old actress topped this year’s list of the most dangerous celebrity searches as ranked by security technology company McAfee Inc. Searches for Biel downloads, screensavers, videos, and photog...
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Nova Scotia Comes to Life on my iPhone | The Email Zoo Quote: It looks like it is time to start thinking about how we can maximize on small.
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Over on the AOL Postmaster Blog Christine posted this afternoon that AOL will no longer be sending report cards to people enrolled in the AOL FeedBack Loop. These were the email's titled "AOL email concerns for EXAMPLE.com" that AOL would send if your email traffic exceeded an inbox complaint ra...
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Facebook firing after 'friend' boss ripped | TheStar Here we go again - Please think twice before posting nasty stuff about your employer on facebook/twitter/etc... You might end up looking for a new job. Lawsuit Tries to Get at Hackers Through the Banks They Attack | NYTimes.com
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Why Doing Email Marking In-house is a Bad Idea. Quote: Understanding what it truly takes to run your own in-house solution is only half the battle, the other side is actually doing it and sustaining it.
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Al Iverson over at DNSBL.com posted a couple of timely updates regarding the long dead TQMCUBE RBL and the more reciently defunct open-whois RBL. Long Story short the TQMCUBE administrators made some DNS changes that now point their website to a new DNSBL called "invaluement". Invaluement has m...
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Facebook to address Canadian privacy issues | CBCThe popular social-networking website, which has about 12 million Canadian members, will be filing its intended plan with commissioner Jennifer Stoddart by the end of Monday. The plan will address four key issues outlined by the commissioner last m...
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School bus driver wins privacy battle | CBCQuote: Sydiaha was concerned about what would happen to her personal information once it crossed the border, where privacy laws are more lax than Canada's. She was also worried that, by refusing to submit to a check, she'd lose her job.Facebook...
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