Election advertising.
Advertising Standards Canada, The Canadian Code of Advertising Standards: “Includes ‘advertising’ about any matter before the electorate for a referendum, ‘government advertising’ and ‘political advertising,’ any of which advertising is communicated to the public within a time-frame that starts the day after a vote is called and ends the day after the vote is held. In this definition, a ‘vote’ is deemed to have been called when the applicable writ is issued.”
Electronic message (CASL).
In general, Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL) requires that senders have express or implied consent (as defined by the legislation) to send unsolicited commercial electronic messages (CEMs) to Canadians, unless an exemption under CASL applies. With respect to “electronic messages”, CASL is technologically neutral. It defines electronic messages as those sent by any means of telecommunication, including text, sound, voice or image messages. As such, CASL can apply to a variety of types of electronic media, including e-mail, text messaging, instant messaging and direct messages (e.g., via social media platforms).
For more information about CASL, see: CASL (Anti-Spam Law), CASL Compliance, CASL Compliance Tips, CASL Compliance Errors, CASL FAQs, Contests and CASL.
For more information about the CASL compliance checklists and precedents that we offer for sale, see: CASL Compliance Checklists and Precedents.
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Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
