It's February 2015; a key part of Canada's Anti- Spam
Legislation (CASL) – commercial electronic communication
– has been in force and effect for approximately seven months
and another key part of CASL – installation of computer
programs – just came into effect on January 15th.
The result of this legislation was, and continues to be, the
outpouring of significant expense of time and money by businesses
both in Canada and abroad. Human resources are expended in trying
to interpret the legislation and trying to effect wide ranging
operational changes needed to comply with CASL, and financially
there is the toll resulting from modifying business practices;
acquiring new resources, applications and programs to assist in
compliance; loss of business resulting from restrictions on
existing business practices and, of course, procuring the dreaded
legal fees to obtain guidance on CASL's application to specific
business practices.
