19 July 2011

Industry Canada Proposes Regulations for Electronic Commerce

NEW ANTI-SPAM RULES
Industry Canada has published proposed Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations under "An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act".

The Regulations are administrative in nature, and: provide definitions for "personal relationship", "family relationship", "membership", "club", "association" and "voluntary organization"; and set out conditions for obtaining consent on behalf of third parties.

Comments are due 60 days from publication in the Canada Gazette.

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