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Category Archives: Electronic Marketing
CRTC Publishes Final Anti-spam Act Regulations
On March 28, 2012, the CRTC published its final Regulations under the Anti-spam Act (see: Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (CRTC)). The CRTC Regulations prescribe the form and content requirements to be included in “commercial electronic messages” or “CEMs” for the Anti-spam Act (for our earlier … Read the rest of this entry »
Do Not Call List Update: CRTC Imposes $24,000 AMP Against Quebec Telemarketing Company
On March 23, 2012, the CRTC announced that it had imposed a $24,000 administrative monetary penalty against Quebec telemarketing company Les Aliments S.R.C. Inc. for calling consumers registered on the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) and failure to pay registration fees to the National … Read the rest of this entry »
Advertising & Fraud Update: Competition Bureau Announces Partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Canada
On March 22, 2012, the Competition Bureau announced that as part of its March Fraud Prevention Month efforts, it was joining forces with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) to “warn potential immigrants to be wary of websites claiming to be, or to be affiliated with, … Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Internet Law Update: CIRA President on Bodog.com, Domain Name Seizures and the Global Economy and the Internet
Byron Holland, CEO and President of Canada’s Internet domain name regulator the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), has written an interesting short note on domain name seizures and the importance of domains to the global economy (see: Domain name seizures and .CA). Topics he chats … 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 »
