Update Regarding Canadian Anti-Spam Regulations

Two sets of regulations – one from Industry Canada and one from Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") – will be enacted pursuant to Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). Draft regulations were published in 2011. The drafts were the subject of extensive submissions during a consultation period in 2011.

The CRTC recently released a revised version of its regulations (PDF). The following are the key changes to the draft version published in 2011:

• the name by which a person sending a message carries on business must now be included if it is different from the person's name;
• the mailing address and either a telephone number, email address or web address of the person sending the message must be included in the message, whereas the 2011 draft required all such information;