Four tech-related bills dead in Parliament
When Parliament was prorogued last month by Canada’s Conservative party government, the so-called anti-malware bill, and three other tech-related bills died.
Getting them back on the legislative agenda will depend on the prime minister’s priorities
The bills are C-27, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act, which covers spam and malware; C-47, which gives police increased power for criminal investigations; and two pieces of legislation, C-46 and C-58, are for fighting child pornography.
Of particular interest to those gearing up their email campaign marketing plans for the new year, is Bill C-27 which forbids anyone in Canada from sending a commercial message to any electronic address unless the receiver has consented. An exception is if the person sending the message has had a business transaction with the recipient in the previous 18 months. Penalties range from up to $1 million for individual violators to up to $10 million for organizations.
As a business owner, this may be your window to run that email campaign to prospects you had planned. As an over spammed consumer, hopefully Bill C-27 gets resurrected and passed soon !
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