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Print articleSpam, Spammity Spam, Wonderful Spam?
February, 2014 - Lisa Chamzuk and Ben Heller's co-authored article
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:
- on July 1, 2014, the majority of CASL including provisions relating to commercial electronic messages (CEMs), will come into force;
- on January 15, 2015, provisions relating to the unsolicited installation of computer programs and cookies will come into force; and
- on January 1, 2017, provisions relating to private rights of action under CASL will come into force
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