According to Murphy, any electronic message that is sent in or to Canada may be subject to CASL if one of its purposes is the encouragement
of participation in a commercial activity.
Not exact matches
** It restricts the sending
of any «
commercial electronic message» (s. 6 (1)-RRB-, which means a message that has a purpose
of encouraging «
participation in a
commercial activity» (s. 1 (2)-RRB-.
For instance, the main application
of the Act relates to electronic messages sent to encourage
participation in a
commercial activity including the purchase
of goods or services by the recipient.
(2)... a
commercial electronic message is an electronic message that, having regard to the content
of the message, the hyperlinks
in the message to content on a website or other database, or the contact information contained
in the message, it would be reasonable to conclude has as its purpose, or one
of its purposes, to encourage
participation in a
commercial activity...
For the purposes
of this Act, a
commercial electronic message is an electronic message that, having regard to the content
of the message, the hyperlinks
in the message to content on a website or other database, or the contact information contained
in the message, it would be reasonable to conclude has as its purpose, or one
of its purposes, to encourage
participation in a
commercial activity, including an electronic message that
Unless you fall into one
of the numerous exemptions, CASL broadly prohibits the sending
of any electronic message by an organization or its employees that encourages
participation in a
commercial activity, whether or not there is an expectation
of profit.
In that case, it seems unlikely that a bare holiday greeting, absent further commercial content, would have as its purpose the encouragement of participation in a «commercial activity.&raqu
In that case, it seems unlikely that a bare holiday greeting, absent further
commercial content, would have as its purpose the encouragement
of participation in a «commercial activity.&raqu
in a «
commercial activity.»
«
Commercial electronic messages» are broadly defined to include any type of electronic message (emails, twitter, text messages, instant messaging, etc.), in any format, that when examined, as a whole, have a purpose of encouraging participation in a commercial activity (regardless of whether or not that activity is carried out with a profi
Commercial electronic messages» are broadly defined to include any type
of electronic message (emails, twitter, text messages, instant messaging, etc.),
in any format, that when examined, as a whole, have a purpose
of encouraging
participation in a
commercial activity (regardless of whether or not that activity is carried out with a profi
commercial activity (regardless
of whether or not that
activity is carried out with a profit motive).
Commercial electronic messages are defined broadly to cover emails or other electronic messages that have as one of their purposes «encouraging participation in a commercial activi
Commercial electronic messages are defined broadly to cover emails or other electronic messages that have as one
of their purposes «encouraging
participation in a
commercial activi
commercial activity».