e-Commerce

New Unsolicited Email (USE) Legal Requirements

This information is presented here as a courtesy in an attempt to help educate those interested in electronic commerce so that they don't unknowingly abuse this vital and growing commercial resource... the Internet.  This site will attempt to consolidate legislative information from various sources in a more concise and useable manner so please bookmark us now for future reference.

At this point there appears to be not only no restrictions on Spam but the immoral Supreme Court is encouraging kiddyporn. Government is by its nature immoral but this is outrageous.

Last updated: 12/2/98 Bill S. 1618 Passed by the Senate Referred in the House

Brief:  You must add at the top of all USE

Here is a partial reprint of S. 1618

SEC. 301. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANSMISSIONS OF UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL.

(a) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN TRANSMISSIONS-

(1) IN GENERAL- A person who transmits an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message shall cause to appear in each such electronic mail message the information specified in paragraph (2).

(2) COVERED INFORMATION- The following information shall appear at the beginning of the body of an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message under paragraph (1):

(A) The name, physical address, electronic mail address, and telephone number of the person who initiates transmission of the message.

(B) The name, physical address, electronic mail address, and telephone number of the person who created the content of the message, if different from the information under subparagraph (A).

(C) A statement that further transmissions of unsolicited commercial
electronic mail to the recipient by the person who initiates transmission of the message may be stopped at no cost to the recipient by sending a reply to the originating electronic mail address with the word `remove' in the subject line.

 

 

 

 

Sample Preamble to an Unsolicited Email

This letter is being sent to you by Marty Smyth, OM of Online USA located at 621 NW 53rd Street #240 Boca Raton, FL 33487 (561) 995-1424, olusa@wamnet.com in compliance with pending Federal Legislation Senate bill S. 1618.  Furthermore subsequent emails transmissions may be stopped at no cost to you by sending a reply to us with the word `remove' in the subject line.

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