Sentences with phrase «participation in a commercial activity»

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 activity».

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.

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.

«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 profit motive).

If one of the purposes of the greeting is «to encourage participation in a commercial activity», then it is spam.

** 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-.

The scope of Canada's law also applies if any element of the commercial electronic message has a purpose to encourage participation in a commercial activity, while in the U.S. it has to be the primary purpose.

(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

CASL is of importance to organizations because of its potential impact on legitimate business - related electronic communications through its restrictions on the sending of «commercial electronic messages» or «CEMs» — messages sent by any means of telecommunication that are intended (even in part) to encourage participation in commercial activity.

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.

Basically, for an e-mail to be a CEM, it must encourage participation in a commercial activity.

CASL defines a CEM to include any electronic message that «it would be reasonable to conclude has as its purpose, or one of its purposes, to encourage participation in a commercial activity.»

... 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...

From the CASL site: «a CEM is a message that encourages participation in a commercial activity, including, but not limited to: offering, advertising or promoting a product, a service or a person.