Gabriel Kojima

GATINEAU, Que. — Owners of Quebec-based ticket reseller 514-BILLETS have agreed to offer $10 rebate coupons to 7,500 clients in the first application of Canada’s anti-spam law involving unsolicited messages sent to mobile phones.    The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission alleged that 514-BILLETS violated the law by sending text messages without the consent of recipients.   It also alleged the ticket reseller didn’t identify the person who sent the messages or provide information so that recipients could contact the sender. The 514-BILLETS service primarily resells tickets for sporting and cultural events.  It is owned by two numbered companies — 9118-9076 QUEBEC INC. and 9310-6359 QUEBEC INC. — which have agreed to pay $75,000 in rebates and $25,000 to the federal government to settle the case. The CRTC said the companies will also appoint an officer responsible for making sure the organization complies with Canada’s anti-spam law , ...

Yahoo's parent company has dropped a controversial new term of service that would have required its Canadian users to share data from their friends and contacts, including phone numbers, with the U.S.-based multinational group. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner confirmed Tuesday that the company known as Oath, which owns Yahoo, Tumblr, AOL, Huffington Post and other businesses, had agreed to remove the clause following complaints.   People who used the Yahoo email service provided with their Rogers accounts were among the first to complain about the clause, which was within Oath's recently revised terms of service.  Terms of service, in general, outline the legal obligations of the provider and the user. In the case of Oath, which operates on a global scale, there were sections specific to different countries and regions. Rogers Communications Inc. issued a statement Tuesday saying it knows some customers had concerns about Yahoo's clause related to personal c...