TCIP #044 – Organization Fined $1.1 Million for Emailing Canadians (CASL) with Maanit Zemel

Welcome to episode #044 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Maanit Zemel.

Does your organization email Canadian stakeholders? If so, have you developed a CASL Compliance Policy? If you haven’t, you may be in store for some serious repercussions.

Canada’s Anti Spam Legislation (CASL) came into effect in July of 2014 and it seems that since it came into effect, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has been out for blood. They recently fined an organization called Compu-Finder a wopping $1.1 Million for “4 alleged violations”. They also recently fined the online dating service, Plenty of Fish, $48K for not having an unsubscribe button prominently displayed in their email send outs.

Both of these organizations took a completely different approach to their crisis management, which is interesting to analyze. Within this episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, I explore both of these crisis management strategies and their impact on the organizations’ reputations with CASL attorney, Maanit Zemel.

No matter where your organization is based, if you email Canadians then CASL deeply applies to you and presents you with some serious risks for non compliance. The good news is that these risks are completely manageable and preventable. Within this podcast, Maanit and I provide you with strategies and tips to make sure that yours is not the next organization fined by the CRTC for emailing Canadians.

Running time: 55:37

More CASL information

Original Podcast with Maanit on CASL: TCIP #025 – Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) with Maanit Zemel
7 Steps for Preparing CASL Compliance Policies
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) – Why It Matter to Non-Canadians

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About host, Melissa Agnes

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About guest, Maanit Zemel

Learn more about Maanit and her practice: www.casllaw.ca
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Learn more about Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation at fightspam.gc.ca

This post, TCIP #044 - Organization Fined $1.1 Million for Emailing Canadians (CASL) with Maanit Zemel, was originally published to melissaagnes.com.