Spam, Spammity Spam, Wonderful Spam?

The moniker "spam" for unsolicited and often indiscriminate electronic communications to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups derives from a famous sketch in the British television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus. However, these days spam is no joke. It is a scourge on modern communications.

Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation¹ (CASL) will be coming into force in three stages over the next four years:

1. on July 1, 2014, the majority of CASL including provisions relating to commercial electronic messages (CEMs), will come into force;
2. on January 15, 2015, provisions relating to the unsolicited installation of computer programs and cookies will come into force; and