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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read September 14, 2018

CASL enforcement: Recent trend

It can be relatively difficult to read the tea leaves in the CRTC’s approach to CASL enforcement, because there is little public record of those enforcement activities. This was noted by the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, in its statutory review of the Act. However, what signs do exist suggest that enforcement activities are accelerating. In 2016 and 2017, the CRTC announced only one undertaking in a CASL proceeding. By contrast, in the first quarter of 2018, there have already been two.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Privacy / Anti-spam, Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), CASL enforcement, enforcement by the CRTC, privacy and security

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 6 Minutes Read January 2, 2018

Standing committee released its report on Canada's Anti-Spam Law

According to Micheal Geist, Professor of Law Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law Faculty of Law, Common Law Section Centre for Law, Technology and Society, "the committee has asked the government for a detailed response to the report, which should be forthcoming in the spring. The government can be expected to fully support the enforcement recommendations, but retain flexibility on the recommendations for further clarification

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Business, Finance and Accounting, Privacy / Anti-spam, Canada’s Anti-spam Law, CASL, commercial electronic message, CRTC, Electronic Commerce Protection Act, express or implied consent, privacy

By Occasional Contributors | 7 Minutes Read January 6, 2017

CASL and private right of action

Canada has the most onerous anti–spam/anti–malware law (CASL) in the world. In less than a year, July 1, 2017, it is going to become even worse. That’s when the private right of action comes into force.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / Anti-spam, anti–malware, botnet operators, Canada's anti-spam legislation, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CASL, CEMs, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, commercial electronic messages, criminal spammers, CRTC, private right of action

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