Post Tagged with: "spam"

How Spammers Cash In

The BBC reports on a fascinating study by California researchers into how spammers generate profits.

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November 10, 2008 1 comment News

Globe on Spam Legislation

The Globe and Mail covers the prospect of Canadian anti-spam legislation.

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November 8, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Election 2008 – A Digital Policy Scorecard

As the national election campaign launched five weeks ago, I wrote that "the election presents an exceptional opportunity to raise the profile of digital issues."  While the economy unsurprisingly dominated much of the political discourse, each of the national parties unveiled platforms and positions that included some discussion of digital policy.  With Canadians headed to the polls today, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, homepage version) offers a scorecard on each party's digital policy positions.

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October 14, 2008 4 comments Columns

Parties’ Digital Policy Scorecard Heading Into Election Day

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 14, 2008 as Which Party is Ahead on the Digital Scorecard? Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on October 14, 2008 as Parties' Digital Policy Scorecard Heading Into Election Day As the national election campaign launched five weeks ago, I wrote that "the election […]

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October 14, 2008 1 comment Columns Archive

Conservatives Promise Anti-Spam Legislation

After sitting on the issue for two and a half years in government, the Conservatives today promised to introduce anti-spam legislation along the lines of that recommended by the National Anti-Spam Task Force in 2004.  As a member of that task force, this is welcome news, though it is difficult […]

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September 25, 2008 2 comments News