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  1. Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations - SOR/2013-221 (Section 3)
    Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations

     Section 6 of the Act does not apply to a commercial electronic message

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    • (g) that is sent by or on behalf of a registered charity as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act and the message has as its primary purpose raising funds for the charity; or

    • (h) that is sent by or on behalf of a political party or organization, or a person who is a candidate – as defined in an Act of Parliament or the legislature of a province – for publicly elected office and the message has as its primary purpose soliciting a contribution as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Elections Act.


  2. Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations - SOR/2013-221 (Section 4)
    Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations
    Marginal note:Excluded messages — Paragraph 6(1)(a) of Act
    •  (1) Paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Act does not apply to the first commercial electronic message that is sent by a person for the purpose of contacting the individual to whom the message is sent following a referral by any individual who has an existing business relationship, an existing non-business relationship, a family relationship or a personal relationship with the person who sends the message as well as any of those relationships with the individual to whom the message is sent and that discloses the full name of the individual or individuals who made the referral and states that the message is sent as a result of the referral.

    • Marginal note:Existing business or non-business relationship

      (2) An existing business relationship or an existing non-business relationship has the same meaning as in subsection 10(10) or (13) of the Act, respectively.


  3. Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations - SOR/2013-221 (Section 7)
    Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations
    Marginal note:Membership
    •  (1) For the purposes of paragraph 10(13)(c) of the Act, membership is the status of having been accepted as a member of a club, association or voluntary organization in accordance with its membership requirements.


  4. Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations - SOR/2013-221 (Section 5)
    Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations
    Marginal note:Person whose identity is unknown
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    • Marginal note:Person who obtained consent

      (2) The person who obtained consent must ensure that, on receipt of an indication of withdrawal of consent by the authorized person who sent the commercial electronic message, the authorized person notifies the person who obtained consent that consent has been withdrawn from, as the case may be,

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  5. Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations - SOR/2013-221 (Section 2)
    Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations

     For the purposes of paragraph 6(5)(a) of the Act,

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    • (b)  personal relationship means the relationship between an individual who sends a message and the individual to whom the message is sent, if those individuals have had direct, voluntary, two-way communications and it would be reasonable to conclude that they have a personal relationship, taking into consideration any relevant factors such as the sharing of interests, experiences, opinions and information evidenced in the communications, the frequency of communication, the length of time since the parties communicated or whether the parties have met in person.



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