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No it certainly is not. Here's the Canadian jurisdiction against SPAM: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-1.6/index.html https://laws-lois.justice.gc.c
by vntok 4y ago
No it certainly is not.
Here's the Canadian jurisdiction against SPAM: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-1.6/index.html https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-1.6/index.html
> An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act (S.C. 2010, c. 23)
> Unsolicited electronic messages 6 (1) It is prohibited to send or cause or permit to be sent to an electronic address a commercial electronic message unless
> (a) the person to whom the message is sent has consented to receiving it, whether the consent is express or implied; and
> (b) the message complies with subsection (2).
And here's the European jurisdiction against SPAM: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32002L0058 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A...
> Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)
> Unsolicited communications 1. The use of automated calling systems without human intervention (automatic calling machines), facsimile machines (fax) or electronic mail for the purposes of direct marketing may only be allowed in respect of subscribers who have given their prior consent.
- ipaddr 4y agoThis wouldn't apply to spam you would read in a public forum. This act is about unwanted messages sent to you. Parent poster is still correct