CIPP/US CAN-SPAM

What are two key areas of the common law?

Contracts and torts.

What is the CAN-SPAM Act?

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act.

What regulatory agencies are required by law to issue regulations and rules

FTC (Federal Trade Commission) or the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).

Which agencies enforce the CAN-SPAM Act?

FTC and FCC.

Aside from the ability to make and enforce laws and regs, what does the U.S. legal system rely on?

1. Legal precedent based on court decisions 2. Doctrines implicit in legal precedent 3. Customs and uses of legal precedent

In what year was the CAN-SPAM Act passed?

2003

What does the CAN-SPAM Act require?

CAN-SPAM Act requires the senders of commercial e-mail messages to offer an "opt-out" option to recipients of those messages.

What does the CAN-SPAM Act allow the FTC and FCC to do?

It provides the FTC and the FCC with the authority to issue regulations that set forth exactly how the opt-out mechanism must be offered and managed.

What do rules and regulations passed by regulatory agencies do?

These rules and regulations place specific compliance expectations on the marketplace.

Which entity passed the CAN-SPAM Act?

U.S. Congress.