This is probably old news to many of you, but I was just talking to a friend who's still implementing required changes for his work. He indicated there will be an immediate impact on anyone maintaining a mailing list for any reason that is not strictly personal. Key points are:
* violations can result in large fines for the organization itself (up to $10 million * violations can result in fines to executives of the organization ($1 million) * proof of explicit consent to join the mailing list is now required (simply providing an email address to the organization is not sufficient to establish consent to receive "bulk mailings") * requests to unsubscribe must be acted on within 10 (calendar) days (and this should be logged to establish compliance) * all "bulk mailings" must include information on how to unsubscribe, including the organization's physical address None of this sounds particularly difficult to implement, but since not making any required changes to existing processes could have such harsh consequences, I thought it was better to inform/remind folks. :) This may be relevant to other organizations you belong to as well! For more information, check out the government website - http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/home
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