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PeerBlock File-Sharing Safety Tool Clocks 100,000 Downloads
Peerblock is a piece of software which lets you control who your computer communicates with on the Internet. By utilizing lists of ‘known bad’ computers, it’s possible for it to block P2P companies from monitoring a user’s file-sharing activities, along with spyware and other malicious software. Just over a month has passed since the first stable public release of the software and PeerBlock has now managed to clock up more than 100,000 downloads.
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Tagged.com pays $750,000 over deceptive emails
The fine line between ambition and spam Tagged.com has paid $750,000 in penalties to New York and Texas after the states accused the social networking outfit of abusing its members’ contact lists and spamming millions with deceptive promotional emails.…
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Groupe CC on Do Not Call violators list
Another name has been added to the tiny list of violators of Canada’s Do-Not-Call-List, joining: Rob Sugar Peerless Mason Ltd Best Price Movers Ltd McTavish Logistics Ltd YYZ Logistics Ltd Mouldaway Canada Inc The new arrival, as named by the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) under Telecom Decision CRTC 2009-680 , is Groupe CC, cited for violations of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules and which now owes $9,000. Is that merely the cost of doing bidniz? Says the CRTC notification »»» File numbers: PDR 9174-499 and PDR 9174-704 In this decision, the Commission imposes administrative monetary penalties totalling $9,000 on 9121-1920 Québec inc., also known as Groupe CC, for initiating three telemarketing telecommunications to consumers whose telecommunications numbers were registered on the National Do Not Call List (DNCL), for initiating the telecommunications without having paid all applicable subscription fees to the National DNCL operator, and for not identifying themselves properly at the beginning of the call, in violation of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules.1 1.
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Do Not Call List violater begs for mercy
Canada’s Do Not Call list is a mockery. The CRTC, which runs it, is a mockery. Bell Canada administers it, a terrible mockery, and to add insult to injury, telephone marketeers are able to actually buy copies of the list for a nominal fee.
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Google Power – read on
Canada’s privacy commissioner is being credited with a win over social advertising company Fa$ebook. How much of victory it really is remains to be seen and in the meanwhile, another online advertising megalith, Google, is steadily forging ahead with one ’service’ after another designed to snare even more users, all to the ultimate benefit of companies it advertises for, and with. And this time around, it’s telling us what, and who, to read.
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