On July 1, 2014, new legislation comes into effect that aims to reduce the flow of unsolicited email/electronic messages or ‘spam’. All employees will be receiving additional information about CASL, including a Q&A document and a checklist that you can use to help you determine if the email you plan to send after July 1 complies with the new law. Your manager or supervisor may have already shared these documents with you. If not, you will be receiving these items over the next few weeks.
Please stay tuned. All Sheridan employees will be expected to understand the basic rules and make case-by-case judgments when sending work-related email from a Sheridan email address. You will also be asked to update your email signature to ensure it includes all the necessary contact information required by the new law. Details will also be forthcoming about embedding an ‘unsubscribe’ mechanism in your mass emails. Sheridan’s Acceptable Use Policy has been updated to reflect these important changes.