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CRTC Issues $1.1 Million Penalty To Compu-Finder For Spamming Canadians

Posted by timothy on from the buncha-loonies dept.

zentigger writes Canadians rejoice! It looks like the new anti-spam regulations might actually have some teeth! Today, the CRTC issued a $1.1 million fine to Compu-Finder for violating Canada's anti-spam legislation by sending commercial emails without consent, as well as messages in which the unsubscribe mechanisms did not function properly. Furthermore, an analysis of the complaints made to the Spam Reporting Centre of this industry sector shows that Compu-Finder accounts for 26% of all complaints submitted.

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  1. Given the depth of surveillance by msobkow · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Given the depth of surveillance performed by CSEC and the NSA, I think it's been *proven* that telcos could *easily* detect and block the sources of robo-calls, too.

    My guess is the robo-call companies pay them big bucks to harass everyone, so the telcos have no motivation to do shit about the problem.

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  2. Re:26% seems a bit high by DamonHD · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just because *you* don't get SPAM doesn't mean that it isn't a problem in a number of ways.

    I get 10,000+ SPAM attempts per day. I;d have to give up well-known and memorable emails addresses to begin to trim it.

    Legit inbound and outbound mails get lots in the SPAM wars, eg people miss important mails of mine, and I miss theirs.

    SPAM traffic also wastes bandwidth and power in my networking equipment and servers; visible and significant for a partly off-grid system for example.

    SPAM filters are a poor fix for a pernicious problem that has destroyed what was a wonderful communications service. I was using email before SPAM existed.

    Rgds

    Damon

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  3. I'm all in favor of rejoicing for no reason by idontgno · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But frankly, I'd hold the applause until after the penalty is collected and Compu-Finder is actually disbanded. Because frankly, it's a hollow victory if they move, change their corporate name, hire a fictitious body of corporate officers, and resume where they left off.

    They're frakking spammers. What makes anyone think this bureaucratic announcement actually will matter?

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