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Canadians should be cautious about responding to random election texts

While it might seem normal to get texts asking about voting preferences during an election, Canadians should be wary of messages from unknown senders and do a little research before responding — or don't reply at all.Earlier this month, I received a text from "Lily"  claiming to be with ERG National Research and conducting a poll about voting preferences in the upcoming election.The message seemed innocent enough and there wasn't anything particularly unusual about it.Jonathan Lamont/MobileSyrupDespite the message looking innocent, I decided to look up ERG National Research online before responding. I found a notice from the Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC) warning that it received complaints about ERG sending these types of messages."ERG National Research is NOT a member of CRIC. The messages they are sending are not in compliance with CRIC Standards. They do not indicate the purpose for asking these questions and they do not provide a way to contact them with q...


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