CAN-SPAM Act

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United States federal law anti-spam law

The CAN-SPAM Act is a U.S. law that sets rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for sending marketing messages, and gives recipients the right to stop receiving them, with enforcement by agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
CAN-SPAM Act canonical	1
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003	1
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ anti-spam law ⓘ
allows	state enforcement actions under federal standards ⓘ
appliesTo	businesses sending commercial email to U.S. recipients ⓘ commercial email with primary purpose of advertising or promotion ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSections	15 U.S.C. § 7701 et seq. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
doesNotPrimarilyRegulate	non-commercial email ⓘ transactional or relationship messages ⓘ
effectiveDate	2004-01-01 ⓘ
enactmentYear	2003 ⓘ
enforcementAgency	Federal Communications Commission ⓘ Internet service providers ⓘ state attorneys general ⓘ
exempts	certain transactional or relationship messages from some requirements ⓘ
fullName	CAN-SPAM Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003
jurisdiction	United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
penaltiesInclude	civil penalties ⓘ criminal penalties for aggravated violations ⓘ
policyGoal	to protect consumers from deceptive email practices ⓘ to reduce unwanted commercial email ⓘ
preempts	most state laws specifically regulating commercial email ⓘ
primaryEnforcementAgency	Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
prohibits	false or misleading transmission information in commercial email ⓘ harvesting email addresses for sending commercial email in violation of the Act ⓘ using open relays or open proxies to send commercial email in violation of the Act ⓘ
purpose	to establish requirements for commercial messages ⓘ to give recipients the right to stop receiving commercial emails ⓘ to set rules for commercial email ⓘ to specify penalties for violations of commercial email rules ⓘ
regulates	commercial email messages ⓘ email marketing practices ⓘ
relatedTo	U.S. federal consumer protection law ⓘ online advertising regulation ⓘ
requires	a clear and conspicuous opt-out mechanism in commercial email ⓘ accurate header information in commercial email ⓘ clear and conspicuous identification of messages as advertisements when applicable ⓘ inclusion of a valid physical postal address in commercial email ⓘ non-deceptive subject lines in commercial email ⓘ timely honoring of opt-out requests ⓘ
shortName	CAN-SPAM Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
signedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
signingDate	2003-12-16 ⓘ
subjectMatter	commercial email ⓘ electronic marketing messages ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Trade Commission → legalBasis → CAN-SPAM Act ⓘ

CAN-SPAM Act → fullName → CAN-SPAM Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003

CAN-SPAM Act → shortName → CAN-SPAM Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CAN-SPAM Act of 2003