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They were the scourge of the Internet during the Holiday Season, but security experts say image-based spam messages are quickly becoming as unfashionable as last year's Mukluk boots

In a proposal likely to please Canada

Consumer consent must be obtained before personal information linked to a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is collected, used and disclosed, according to a new set of guidelines issued by Ontario's Information and Privacy Commission (IPC).