CAUCE

Interesting articles for April 26th

The Competition Bureau has taken action against what it considers to be deceptive marketing practices by two of Canada’s largest rental car companies, Aviscar and Budgetcar, and their parent company, Avis Budget Group Inc. ... Today’s action also marks the Bureau’s first proceedings under the new provisions of the Competition Act that came into force as part of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) in July 2014, because Avis and Budget also use electronic messages to disseminate the alleged false or misleading representations. ... Press Release

 

Interesting articles for April 19th

SendGrid Account Breach Was Used to Attack Coinbase, a Bitcoin Exchange

Ongoing attacks against ESPs prove they are still high value targets for scammers. New York Times Bits blog

Interesting articles for this week

Court upholds FTC sanctions against affiliate marketers.

Large scale spammer LeadClick Media has to pay $16 million. Press release

 

CRTC, Competition Bureau Enforcement Actions Show Anti-Spam Law Has Teeth

Michael Geist summarizes the first three cases to be enforced under CASL and how the enforcements will vary based on infraction and government cooperation. Article.