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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read May 29, 2018

514-BILLETS gets billed by the CRTC for CASL violations

This case reminds organizations that CASL applies to any form of CEM, even text messages, used to promote products and services, and that the CRTC is actively monitoring and responding to complaints involving different types of CEMs.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / Canada's anti-spam legislation, Canada’s Anti-spam Law, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CASL, CEM, commercial electronic messages, consent, CRTC, Internal Controls, jointly and severally, ticket resale

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

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 5 Minutes Read July 2, 2014

Canada's anti-spam legislation – Information bulletin CRTC 2014-326

On June 19, 2014, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) published Compliance and Enforcement Information Bulletin CRTC 2014-326. The information bulletin provides guidelines to help businesses and their employees develop corporate compliance programs in order to comply with the rules of CASL that came into force on July 1st, 2014. Although July 1 has passed, it is never to late to take appropriate measures to comply.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Payroll, Privacy / bill C-28, Canada's anti-spam legislation, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CASL, CASL compliance program, CEM, commercial electronic messages, Compliance and Enforcement, consent, corporate compliance programs, CRTC, customer complaint system, data management systems, employee training, existing and potential customers, express consent, implied consent, Information bulletin CRTC 2014-326, reduce spam and viruses, system of record keeping, third party providers, unwanted spam messages, “unsubscribe” mechanism

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