E-mail spam legislation by country
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The following table represents laws in respective countries which restrict the use of Email spam.
Note: Countries marked with red are listed in the Spamhaus'
Worst Spam Origin Countries.
The following table represents laws in respective countries which legalize the use of Email spam.
Note: Countries marked with red are listed in the Spamhaus'
The Spamhaus Project
The Spamhaus Project is an international organisation to track e-mail spammers and spam-related activity. It is named for the anti-spam jargon term coined by Linford, spamhaus, a pseudo-German expression for an ISP or other firm which spams or willingly provides service to spammers.-Spamhaus...
Worst Spam Origin Countries.
| Country | Legislation | Section | Implemented | Ref | |
| Personal Data Protection Act (2000) | §27 | October 30, 2000 | |||
| Spam Act 2003 Spam Act 2003 The Spam Act 2003 was passed in 2003 as federal legislation by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. The first portions of the act came into effect on 12 December 2003, the day the act received Royal Assent, with all remaining sections of the act coming into force on 10 April 2004.Its... |
Part 2 | 12 December 2003 | |||
| Austrian Telecommunications Act 1997 | §107 | ||||
| Loi du 11 mars 2003 | 27 March 2003 | ||||
 Brazil |
None (loosely; Movimento Brasileiro de Combate ao Spam) | ||||
| Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act is a Canadian law relating to data privacy. It governs how private sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in the course of commercial business. In addition, the Act contains various provisions to... 2000 (PIPEDA) |
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| Bill C-28 Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act 2010 | |||||
 Mainland China |
Regulations on Internet email Services - Death penalty risked by spammers | 30 March 2006 | |||
| Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004 | §6 | ||||
| Act No. 480/2004 Coll., on Certain Information Society Services | §7 | ||||
| Danish marketing practices act | §6 | ||||
| Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58 on Privacy and Electronic Communications, otherwise known as E-Privacy Directive, is an EU directive on data protection and privacy in the digital age. It presents a continuation of earlier efforts, most directly the Data Protection Directive... |
Art.13 | 31 October 2003 | |||
| Act on Data Protection in Electronic Communications (516/2004) | |||||
 Early Modern France |
Loi du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique ("Law of June 21 2004 for the confidence in the numerical economy") |
Art.22 | |||
 Germany |
Gesetz gegen Unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) ("Act against Unfair Competition") |
Art.7 | |||
| Unsolicited Electronic Messaging Ordinance | 22 December 2007 | ||||
| Act CVIII of 2001 on Electronic Commerce | Art.14 | ||||
 India |
None (loosely; Information Technology Act, 2000 §67) | ||||
| Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) (Internet Law) | |||||
| European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 2003 | Section 13 (1) (b) | 6 November 2003 | |||
| Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 1982 (Amendment 2008) | Art.30 | December 2008 | |||
| Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003) | §130 | ||||
 Japan |
The Law on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail | April 2002 | |||
| Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 | |||||
| Data Protection Act (CAP 440) | §10 | ||||
| None | |||||
| Dutch Telecommunications Act | Art.11.7 | ||||
| Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 | All | 5 September 2007 | |||
| Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 | §14 | 31 December 2007 | |||
 Russia |
None (loosely: Russian Civil Code: Art.309) | ||||
| Spam Control Act 2007 | 15 June 2007 | ||||
 South Korea |
Act on Promotion of Information and Communication and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection of 2001 | Art.50 | |||
| Act 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce | |||||
| Marknadsföringslagen (1995:450) "Swedish Marketing Act" |
§13b | ||||
 United Kingdom |
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 is a law in the United Kingdom which made it unlawful to, amongst other things, transmit an automated recorded message for direct marketing purposes via a telephone, without prior consent of the subscriber.This is somewhat similar to the... |
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 United States |
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 , signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 16, 2003, establishes the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its provisions... (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) |
All | 16 December 2003 |
The following table represents laws in respective countries which legalize the use of Email spam.
| Country | Legislation | Section | Implemented | Ref | |
| The Law of electronic commerce (2006) | Чл.5,6 | December 26, 2006 |
See also
- Email spam
- SpammingSpam (electronic)Spam is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately...
- Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE)CAUCECAUCE, or the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, is a non-profit advocacy group that works to reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial email, or spam, via legislation. CAUCE was founded in 1997 by participants in the USENET newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email and the SPAM-L mailing...
- List of countries by number of Internet users