Wednesday, June 25, 2014

New Canadian Anti-spam Legislation

Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation


The next extras will exemplify the new kind of emails I started to receive recently:

You're receiving this email because you are part of XXXX's mailing list.
To comply with the upcoming Canada Anti-Spam Law, we are asking you to confirm that you want to continue receiving emails from XXXX. 


You have received this notification because you currently have a XXXX account. If you decide not to subscribe, we'll still send you important information about your account, like delivery changes and recalls.



Effective July 1, 2014, Canada's new anti-spam law comes into effect and XXXX wants to ensure that your XXXX representative will be able to continue sending you e‑mails and other electronic messages without any interruptions. In addition to messages from your XXXX representative, we may also send you other electronic messages, including but not limited to newsletters and surveys as well as information, offers, and promotions regarding our products and services or those of others that we believe you might be interested in ....