Regulations Under Anti-Spam Law Released For Comment

As we recently reported, new legislation in Canada regulating electronic messaging and spyware (CASL or Canada's Anti Spam Law¹) was passed in December of last year and is awaiting proclamation (see our Osler Update of July 5, 2011).

Draft regulations under CASL have now been published for public comment by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and Industry Canada.

The draft regulations have significant implications for businesses that use email and other forms of electronic communications to reach their customers and other third parties.

Notable aspects of the regulations include:

• Detailed and expansive rules regarding the information to be included in commercial electronic messages and requests for consent;