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Legal Blog: General Law
Jul
16
2014
CASL in Force
Canada’s anti-spam legislation (“CASL”) came into force July 1, 2014. Since then, the CRTC has been dealing with thousands of complaints: see the CBC article here: CRTC flooded
Jun
30
2014
Anti-Spam
Canada’s new Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”), comes into force on July 1, 2014. The legislation generally prohibits the sending of commercial electronic messages (“CEMs”) without the recipient’s consent. Presumably, the legislation was enacted to rid us of the scourge of unwanted and unsolicited emails. How effective it will be is another matter. No doubt, it will reduce unsolicited emails from reputable Canadian businesses. However, will offshore entities really care about Canadian legislation – probably not. Will the purveyors of malware, viruses, and phishing care about Canadian legislation – definitely not.
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