CAN-SPAM (Spam Laws)

Spam is unsolicited bulk email.  Unsolicited means the recipient did not agree (either explicitly or implicitly) to receive the email.  Not all bulk or commercial email is spam.  Get more information on what is and is not spam and how to report spam.

The CAN-SPAM Act went into effect in the US on 1/1/04.  Among other things, this law requires senders of unsolicited bulk email to include a valid physical postal address and unsubscribe instructions in their email.  Once a person opts-out, you have 10 business days to stop sending email to the opt-out requestor's email address.  Additionally, commercial email must be identified as an advertisement.  Each violation is subject to fines up to $11,000.

Submit a complaint to the FTC consumer complaint database

Consumers may forward unwanted commercial email to the FTC at spam@uce.gov.

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