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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 4 Minutes Read February 16, 2018

Technology law highlights: 2017 Year in Review

Here, in no particular order, are some of the year’s highlights as chronicled by McCarthy Tétrault’s bloggers:

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / anti-spam legislation, CASL, Copyright Modernization Act, cryptocurrency, FinTech, Google, technology law

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read October 17, 2016

Proving consent under CASL: CRTC issues enforcement advisory notice

The Canadian Radio–television and Telecommunications Commission has issued an Enforcement Advisory notice directed to businesses and individuals that send commercial electronic messages (CEMs) as part of their commercial activities. Notably, the sender of CEMs must have the consent of the recipient to send them a message, or else the message is considered spam.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / anti-spam legislation, Canada's anti-spam legislation, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CASL, commercial electronic messages, CTRC

By Maanit Zemel | 2 Minutes Read March 23, 2015

Lessons to be learned from Compu-Finder – CASL’s first major target

In last month’s post, I provided some tips to those of you who may be facing a regulatory prosecution under Canada’s now famous (some might say infamous) anti-spam legislation (CASL) . Those tips may of particular interest to Compu-Finder, a Quebec company that has found itself to be the first major target of CASL’s regulatory regime.
On March 5, 2015, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it has issued a notice of violation of CASL to Compu-Finder, which imposes a potential penalty of $1.1 million. The announcement made news headlines, since it is the first time that the CRTC has issued such a significant potential penalty under CASL.
When CASL came into force, there was great concern amongst businesses about the significant penalties that may be imposed under its regime. CASL provides the CRTC with the discretion to impose penalties of up to $10 million … Continue reading “Lessons to be learned from Compu-Finder – CASL’s first major target”

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / anti-spam legislation, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CASL, CEM, commercial electronic messages, Compu-Finder, CRTC, e Spam Reporting Centre, express consent, notice of violation of CASL, significant potential penalty under CASL, unsubscribe mechanisms

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