Government Agencies Clarify Roles Under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation

In an effort to coordinate their potentially overlapping mandates, the three agencies charged with enforcement of Canada's new anti-spam law have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dealing with cooperation and sharing of information among the agencies.

On January 23, 2014, the Competition Bureau announced that the Commissioner of Competition, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), have signed an MOU regarding the implementation of their respective mandates under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL).

The agreed framework for cooperation and coordination of enforcement activities will come into effect on July 1, 2014, the date on which most of the new law and related regulations come into force.