Category Archives: Consumer Protection

Privacy Update: ABA Teleconference: “APEC: Cross Border Privacy Rules Introduction and Spotlight on Canada”

The Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association has announced an interesting upcoming teleconference on APEC’s new Cross Border Privacy Rules System entitled “Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Cross Border Privacy Rules Introduction and Spotlight on Canada”.  The ABA’s teleconference will be held on April … Read the rest of this entry »

Competition Bureau Launches Little Black Book of Scams

On March 21, 2012, the Competition Bureau announced that it had launched a new publication entitled: The Little Black Book of Scams. In making the announcement, as part of its March Fraud Prevention Month efforts, the Bureau said: “As part of Fraud Prevention Month, the … Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising Update: CRTC Finalizes Anti-spam Act Regulations

CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL.  These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »

Courses: Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters

The Victoria Real Estate Board will be holding a competition law course for its members – “Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters” – on Monday March 19th. About this course: “Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters was designed … Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising Update: Consumer Protection BC Note on Sweepstakes Scams

Given the recent high-profile contest case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada late last month (see: Supreme Court Awards Compensatory and Punitive Damages in Misleading Contest Case), this short note posted by Consumer Protection BC earlier today on sweepstakes scams caught my eye: Seniors … Read the rest of this entry »

The Internet Predators Act – What’s all the Hubub? How would it Impact Canadian Competition Law?

Given the controversy lately about the recently introduced federal Internet surveillance legislation (Bill C-30, the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act), including commentary on changes to the Competition Act, I thought I would take a closer look to see what all the fuss has been … Read the rest of this entry »

$9 Million Deceptive Marketing Business Directory Case – A Few Observations on the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Decision

A few days ago, we posted a short note on the Competition Bureau’s announcement that five companies and three individuals were found by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to have violated the Competition Act in relation to a deceptive marketing operation (see: Advertising Update: … Read the rest of this entry »

Fraud Update: Consumer Protection BC Publishes Anti-Fraud Backgrounder

March is Fraud Prevention Month.  On March 5, 2012, Consumer Protection BC published an anti-fraud backgrounder on their blog including information about typical fraudsters, steps for consumers to take where they think they have been a target of fraud and fraud-related case studies from past … Read the rest of this entry »