Mrs. Elizabeth Denham at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

I don't concur with that view.

In the experience of our office, we have investigated, I think, seven or eight complaints about harvesting e-mail addresses. The difficulty in investigating those complaints is that there is ambiguity in PIPEDA as to when express consent or when implied consent can be relied on. These are long and involved investigations. I think the clarity in the ECPA is useful, and it's effective.