CASL Compliance - CRTC Gives New Guidance On Software Installation Rules

The software installation rules under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), discussed in our November 7, 2014 bulletin, come into force on January 15, 2015. Their broad and often unclear wording poses significant challenges to businesses trying to get ready for CASL's second wave.

In an effort to mitigate these challenges, on November 10, 2014, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) published its much-anticipated plain language guidance on these rules entitled CASL Requirements for Installing Computer Programs (the Guidance). Shortly after that, senior CRTC staff (as part of a limited cross-Canada outreach effort) gave further guidance via live presentations on the Guidance to the members of various industry associations that included presentations in Toronto from November 10th to 12th, 2014. Next week, the CRTC takes its CASL tour to other Canadian cities, including Vancouver.