Organizational Effectiveness

Five Good Ideas about the Canada Anti-Spam Law

Sharon Groom

Published on March 21, 2014

Canada’s new Anti-Spam law will come into effect on July 1, 2014. It has wide reaching impact beyond what one might consider traditional “spam.” It contains basic prohibitions against many types of email and other electronic communications sent by businesses and not-for-profit organizations that used to be permitted. Sharon Groom, a partner at McMillan LLP and a specialist in this area, provides an overview of the new law along with practical tips on how to comply. Download the presentation handout (PDF).

Five Good Ideas

Learn about electronic messages with a commercial purpose
Always get express consent
Always include an unsubscribe option
Date to remember – July 1, 2014
Penalties are big!

Good Resources

Government of Canada informational website on the new anti-spam law
CRTC website on their anti-spam regulations
Copies of the Act and the regulations: Industry Canada and CRTC
Industry Canada Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement

A cautionary note

The foregoing text is provided for general information purposes only. It is neither intended as, nor should be considered, legal advice and readers are cautioned against making any decisions based on this material alone. Rather, a qualified lawyer should be consulted.
© McMillan LLP 2014.

This event is made possible by the generous support of McMillan LLP.

Sharon Groom

Partner, McMIllan LLP

Sharon is a partner in McMillan’s Toronto office and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Group as well as its Competition Law Group. Her practice focuses in the areas of trade-marks, copyright, technology law and advertising and marketing law. Sharon has an extensive background in intellectual property having worked in private practice specializing in Canadian and US trademarks and copyright, as well as having been a Hearing Officer for the Trademarks Opposition Board. She also brings a wealth of international corporate commercial and business expertise gained as in-house counsel for companies in the financial services, publishing and technology industries. Her positions have included Senior Vice President, Risk Management and General Counsel, Americas, for Thomas Cook; Director of Legal and Administrative Affairs and Assistant General Counsel for Harlequin Enterprises Limited where she managed a global portfolio of over 2,500 trademarks. She has also held a position as Corporate Legal Counsel for Newbridge Networks Corporation (now Alcatel Lucent). Sharon is also an adjudicator for .ca domain names and regularly is called upon by Resolution Canada Inc. to determine domain name disputes. Sharon received her B. Mus. in piano performance and LL.B from Queen’s University.

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