Canada lacks anti-spam legislation, plays catch-up
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Which of these G8 countries is the odd one out? Well, I suppose that each of them is in some way, but Canada is unique among the G8 nations for not having any form of anti-spam legislation. Surprising, eh?
The last line of defense against spam
Many organisations that implement an email anti-spam solution will apply a multi-layered approach. They will implement a system that includes content filtering, IP block lists, quarantine of suspected spam items, Bayesian detection, and other important features.
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According to the most recent statistics from Spamhaus, Google ranks as number three in the ten worst spam service ISPs. Spamhaus keeps a running list of the world’s worst spam problem networks.
Is Canada a Spam Haven?
The spammer that Facebook won a landmark $873 million settlement against last month operated out of Canada, leading to criticism of the country’s lax anti-spam regulations. They did attempt to address the problem of spam in 2004 when they formed the National Task Force on Spam.
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