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By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read June 8, 2017

Canadian government suspends CASL private right of action

The Canadian federal government has announced that it has suspended the coming into force of the private right of action under Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL), originally scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2017.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / anti-spam law, Canada's anti-spam legislation, CASL, class actions, electronic messages, email, private right of action, private right of action suspended, spam

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read May 19, 2017

CASL’s private right of action for Competition Act reviewable conduct

While much has been written about the impending CASL private rights of action, less has been said about the new private right of action CASL will tack on to the Competition Act for misrepresentations in electronic messages.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / CASL, Competition Act, electronic messages, private right of action

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 4 Minutes Read May 5, 2017

Cyberbullying and revenge porn: An update on Canadian law

The current nature of social media and, more broadly, the Digital Age, continues to create challenges for legislators and law enforcement officials alike. One such challenge arises in the cyberbullying context, where intimate (or otherwise private) images are uploaded to the Internet. These files can be copied, forwarded and shared instantaneously, making them seemingly impossible to delete retrospectively. There have been developments in both common law in statute.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / Breach of Confidence, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, Crouch v. Snell, Cyber-Safety Act, cyberbullying, distribution of pictures, Doe v N.D., Jones v. Tsige, mental distress, private right of action, The Intimate Image Protection Act

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