Human Resources Legislative Update
CASL Regulations Amended
Date: June 26, 2014
On May 28, 2014, Regulations Amending the Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (CRTC) (“Regulations”) were registered and came into force.
The Regulations amend the Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (CRTC) made under Canada’s Anti-spam legislation (“CASL”), to provide that section 5 of the Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (CRTC) (“Specified Functions of Computer Programs”) comes into effect on the same day as section 8 of CASL. Section 8 pertains to installation of computer programs.
The Regulations do not affect the coming into force date of the Anti-spam elements of CASL. That date is July 1, 2014.
