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17 DEC 09
PIPEDA Case Summary #2009-013: OPC Ruling SAVE
Once again proving Harvesting Email is a bad idea, & list rental can backfire - Office of the Privacy CommissionTAGS
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26 NOV 09
Nothing like hitting them up at the front door | The Scrappy Email Marketer SAVE
"Set the expectation"TAGS
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Spam is a Perception - Chris Brogan SAVE
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Mainstream Spam still a problem... Quote: I just unsubscribed to another six email marketing newsletters that I never subscribed to in the first place. Because I comment on a lot of marketing blogs, I seem to get signed up to a lot of their newsletters, without my consent and without my opting in.TAGS
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15 NOV 09
Anti-spam bill by end of year || Dalhousie Gazette SAVE
Quote: “We have been pushing for this law for almost a decade,” said Neil Schwartzman, executive director for the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, a continent-wide, volunteer-based consumer advocacy organization.TAGS
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11 NOV 09
Postini technology to spread across Google Apps | ITWorldCA SAVE
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Quote: This could in turn boost Google Inc.'s attempts to lure large organizations to adopt Apps Premier, which, as the suite's most sophisticated version, contains an increasing number of tools and services that these companies require. Apps Premier is the only fee-based edition of the suite, priced at US$50 per user per year.TAGS
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10 NOV 09
MS forensics tool leaks onto the web | The Register SAVE
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Microsoft's point-and-click "computer forensics for cops" tool has leaked onto the web. COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor) is designed to allow law enforcement officers to collect digital evidence from a suspect's PC without requiring any particular expertise. Using the technology - which recovers a list of processes running on an active computer at the scene of an investigation - involves inserting a specially adapted USB stick into a computer.TAGS
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Attorney General Cuomo Announces Agreement With Tagged.Com Over Deceptive Business Practices | NY AG SAVE
Tagged duped members into giving it access to their contact lists to send more than 60 million misleading invitation emails. Cuomo’s settlement requires stringent reforms, $500,000 in penalties and costsTAGS
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Texas Attorney General Reaches Agreement with Social Networking Site Provider Tagged SAVE
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today resolved an enforcement action against Tagged, Inc., a social networking site operator that has an estimated two million Texas users. Under an agreed final judgment obtained by the state, Tagged must implement new privacy features and take additional measures to inform users about how the Web site will utilize their personal information.TAGS