Comments on: Metamend in MarketingSherpa Report on Marketing to Canadians http://www.metamend.com/blog/2008/07/11/627/ Search engine and Website Marketing tips, information, news and opinion from Metamend's team of SEM and SEO experts. The Metamend Blog covers SEO, search engines, search trends, search engine optimization and marketing. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt - CIPP/C http://www.metamend.com/blog/2008/07/11/627/comment-page-1/#comment-60429 Matt - CIPP/C Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:51:58 +0000 http://www.metamend.com/blog/2008/07/11/627/#comment-60429 PIPEDA and CAN-SPAM are about as similar as apples and oranges... CAN-SPAM is a marketing law dealing with the rules, regulations and structures to have a "legal" online marketing program. PIPEDA is a "PRIVACY" law, and has nothing to do with email marketing or spam... It has everything to do with how you can collect, use, store and maintain Personal information on a Canadian buyer. There are 10 fundamental principles that you need to follow - find them here: http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ecic-ceac.nsf/en/gv00466e.html For a Canadian comparison to CAN-SPAM you need to look at Senate Bill - s235 (The Spam Act). Also for businesses I'd recommend reading the PIPEDA Checklist prepared by 4 leading Canadian Privacy Practitioners: http://tinyurl.com/PIPEDA I'll let Sherpa know about this too... Cheers, a Proud Canadian Privacy Professional PIPEDA and CAN-SPAM are about as similar as apples and oranges… CAN-SPAM is a marketing law dealing with the rules, regulations and structures to have a “legal” online marketing program.

PIPEDA is a “PRIVACY” law, and has nothing to do with email marketing or spam… It has everything to do with how you can collect, use, store and maintain Personal information on a Canadian buyer. There are 10 fundamental principles that you need to follow – find them here: http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ecic-ceac.nsf/en/gv00466e.html

For a Canadian comparison to CAN-SPAM you need to look at Senate Bill – s235 (The Spam Act).

Also for businesses I’d recommend reading the PIPEDA Checklist prepared by 4 leading Canadian Privacy Practitioners: http://tinyurl.com/PIPEDA

I’ll let Sherpa know about this too…

Cheers, a Proud Canadian Privacy Professional

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