If one’s email inbox is becoming a little easier to comb through, it’s not a fluke.
Symantec’s June Intelligence report reveals the global spam rate has fallen to levels not seen in more than a decade.
“According to our metrics, the overall spam rate has dropped to 49.7%,” the computer security firm wrote in its June 17 study.
“The last time Symantec recorded a similar spam rate was clear back in September of 2003.”
In May, the spam rate was at 51.5%.
Symantec’s data is compiled from its own users and does not break down spam rates country-by-country.
But an April report from email security firm Cloudmark revealed spam originating from within Canada has fallen 37% since Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) was introduced in July 2014.
And in March, The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) levied its first fines under CASL.
Compu-Finder was handed a $1.1-million penalty after the CRTC said the Quebec-based company was responsible for 26% of complaints to its spam-reporting centre.
Vancouver’s PlentyOfFish, meanwhile, agreed to pay $48,000 over allegations it did not include a proper unsubscribe mechanism in emails sent to users.
