Private right of action a duplication

By David Young ( March 9, 2017, 7:00 PM EST) -- The private right of action under CASL (Canada’s Anti-Spam Law) comes into force on July 1, 2017. It is a right for private parties to obtain what are characterized as statutory damages for breach of CASL’s anti-spam and computer download prohibitions, as well as the e-mail harvesting/computer hacking provisions under the Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the prohibitions against false or misleading e-mails under the Competition Act....