As many of us now know, Canada's Anti-Spam Law is now
expected to enter into force in 2013. Don't expect things to
sit idle until then, however.
3 Next Steps for CASL in 2012
Following are three next steps for 2012, ranked in order of
importance to industry stakeholders:
1. Industry Canada to issue new set of regulations for
comment
As we noted in previous posts
here and
here, while businesses had hoped that regulations would clarify
key terms and obligations under the Act, and lessen the Act's
impact on certain types of communications, many stakeholders were
disappointed. Many businesses considered that neither the Industry
Canada regulations as originally published for
comment, nor the CRTC regulations as finalized, went far enough to
clarify obligations. Moreover, neither set of regulations provided
the exemptions many businesses have called for, to exclude certain
categories or types of messages from the application of CASL
consent requirements.
