Molly’s Home & Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Set For July 1st

It was a long day of waiting and hoping but we finally got the o.k. at 6pm Friday to pick up Molly and bring her home. We had checked in at the Mill Bay Vet Hospital at 3pm and were told they were just waiting for the results of the latest blood work. With that, we had another anxious hour of waiting but we finally got a call telling us they were just giving Molly another antibiotic IV but that she’d be ready to go home by 6pm. Were we ever glad to hear that.

Molly headed right for her favourite spot in my computer room – ahhh, home!

Molly still has the IV thingie in her leg as we have to take her back to the Vet in the morning for a follow-up check. They’ll determine whether or not she has to have more IV antibiotics. If she does, Molly will remain there for a few hours until that’s finished then we’ll pick her up again. If not, then the Vet said they’ll remove the IV apparatus. Molly will be going on low-fat food from now on as that’s what’s recommended for dogs with pancreatitus. We’re just happy to have Molly back home with us!

Canada says ‘NO’ to SPAM

If like me you happen to be Canadian then you’ve probably noticed that you’ve been getting a lot of emails recently from companies asking for your express consent to allow them to keep sending you emails (aka SPAM). I must have received over 20 of these messages in the past few weeks and today I received 6 more. I had no idea I was even on the mailing list of some of these companies. So, why are they now asking for my permission to keep sending me emails? It’s because of CASL!

This email I received is typical of one where I never realized I was on a list

CASL is Canada’s new anti-spam legislation that takes effect July 1, 2014. It has caused near panic among many businesses who fear that sending commercial emails may grind to a halt after that date. This law is really tough as prior laws like the US CAN-SPAM Act relied on us to actually use the companies “unsubscribe mechanism” which sometimes was so small as to be unseen, CASL requires express “opt-in” consent. We

I was happy to take the option to ‘Unsubscribe’ from CarCost and many others

Violating the law could result in massive fines for organizations, businesses and individuals. CASL’s penalties are significant with the maximum penalty set at $1 million per violation for an individual and $10 million per violation for a business. The scope of CASL is not limited to activities in Canada. This means that organizations located outside of Canada that send messages to computers located in Canada or install computer programs on devices in Canada will also face CASL requirements.

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