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Small business fined $50,000 for violating Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation

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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released its first compliance decision under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) today: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-428.htm

Blackstone Learning Corp., a small business providing education and training services was fined a penalty of $50,000 for sending over 385,000 commercial electronic messages (CEMs) without consent in 9 messaging campaigns between July and September, 2014.  If you are a Canadian business and send emails or other electronic messages you may wish to consider your processes for compliance with CASL.

 

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