I'm actually in the same boat as Justin... All the emails I've received about it are from companies I didn't intentionally sign up with anyways :-) On 30 Jun 2014 23:49, "Justin Lacko" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the past week I've received 3 emails related to this from lists that I > was involuntarily subscribed to and could not easily unsubscribe from. It's > great. They all say something like "due to new anti-spam laws you must > confirm you wish to stay subscribed, please reply to subscribe" > > Of course they all go to spam already, but it still made me do a silent > "boo-yeah" :D > ...if people still do that. > > > On 1 July 2014 00:51, Ric Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have not read the text of the law but I heard that it does not apply to >> membership type e-mails. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Roswyne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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