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Spam Security: March 2010
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DIVISION 7, PART 3, CHAPTER 1
ARTICLE 1.8. Restrictions On Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Advertisers
(added by Stats. 2003 ch. 487 (S.B. 186), approved September 23, 2003;
amended by Stats. 2004 ch. 183 (A.B. 3082), approved July 19, 2004;
and Stats. 2004 ch. 571 (S.B. 1457), approved Sept. 17, 2004)
§ 17529. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(g) Like traditional paper "junk" mail, spam can be annoying and waste time, but it also causes many additional problems because it is easy and inexpensive to create, but difficult and costly to eliminate.
(h) The "cost shifting" from deceptive spammers to Internet business and e-mail users has been likened to sending junk mail with postage due or making telemarketing calls to someone's pay-per-minute cellular phone.
(j) There is a need to regulate the advertisers who use spam, as well as the actual spammers, because the actual spammers can be difficult to track down due to some return addresses that show up on the display as "unknown" and many others being obvious fakes and they are often located offshore.
§ 17529.1. For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Advertiser" means a person or entity that advertises through the use of commercial e-mail advertisements.
(b) "California electronic mail address" or "California e-mail address" means any of the following:
(c) "Commercial e-mail advertisement" means any electronic mail message initiated for the purpose of advertising or promoting the lease, sale, rental, gift offer, or other disposition of any property, goods, services, or extension of credit.
(d) "Direct consent" means that the recipient has expressly consented to receive e-mail advertisements from the advertiser, either in response to a clear and conspicuous request for the consent or at the recipient's own initiative.
(e) "Domain name" means any alphanumeric designation that is registered with or assigned by any domain name registrar as part of an electronic address on the Internet.
(f) "Electronic mail" or "e-mail" means an electronic message that is sent to an e-mail address and transmitted between two or more telecommunications devices, computers, or electronic devices capable of receiving electronic messages, whether or not the message is converted to hard copy format after receipt, viewed upon transmission, or stored for later retrieval. "Electronic mail" or "e-mail" includes electronic messages that are transmitted through a local, regional, or global computer network.
(g) "Electronic mail address" or "e-mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, to which electronic mail can be sent or delivered. An "electronic mail address" or "e-mail address" consists of a user name or mailbox and a reference to an Internet domain.
(h) "Electronic mail service provider" means any person, including an Internet service provider, that is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail or that provides to end users of the electronic mail service the ability to send or receive electronic mail.
(i) "Initiate" means to transmit or cause to be transmitted a commercial e-mail advertisement or assist in the transmission of a commercial e-mail advertisement by providing electronic mail addresses where the advertisement may be sent, but does not include the routine transmission of the advertisement through the network or system of a telecommunications utility or an electronic mail service provider through its network or system.
(j) "Incident" means a single transmission or delivery to a single recipient or to multiple recipients of an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement containing substantially similar content.
(k) "Internet" has the meaning set forth in paragraph (6) of subdivision (e) of Section 17538.
(l) "Preexisting or current business relationship," as used in connection with the sending of a commercial e-mail advertisement, means that the recipient has made an inquiry and has provided his or her e-mail address, or has made an application, purchase, or transaction, with or without consideration, regarding products or services offered by the advertiser.
Commercial e-mail advertisements sent pursuant to the exemption provided for a preexisting or current business relationship shall provide the recipient of the commercial e-mail advertisement with the ability to "opt-out" from receiving further commercial e-mail advertisements by calling a toll-free telephone number or by sending an "unsubscribe" e-mail to the advertiser offering the products or services in the commercial e-mail advertisement. This opt-out provision does not apply to recipients who are receiving free e-mail service with regard to commercial e-mail advertisements sent by the provider of the e-mail service.
(m) "Recipient" means the addressee of an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement. If an addressee of an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement has one or more e-mail addresses to which an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement is sent, the addressee shall be deemed to be a separate recipient for each e-mail address to which the e-mail advertisement is sent.
(n) "Routine transmission" means the transmission, routing, relaying, handling, or storing of an electronic mail message through an automatic technical process. "Routine transmission" shall not include the sending, or the knowing participation in the sending, of unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisements.
(o) "Unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement" means a commercial e-mail advertisement sent to a recipient who meets both of the following criteria:
§ 17529.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person or entity may not do any of the following:
§ 17529.3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or restrict the adoption, implementation, or enforcement by a provider of Internet access service of a policy of declining to transmit, receive, route, relay, handle, or store certain types of electronic mail messages.
§ 17529.4. (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to collect electronic mail addresses posted on the Internet if the purpose of the collection is for the electronic mail addresses to be used to do either of the following:
§ 17529.5. (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to advertise in a commercial e-mail advertisement either sent from California or sent to a California electronic mail address under any of the following circumstances:
(C) The recipient, an electronic mail service provider, or the Attorney General, if the prevailing plaintiff, may also recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
§ 17529.8. (a) (1) In addition to any other remedies provided by this article or by any other provisions of law, a recipient of an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement transmitted in violation of this article, an electronic mail service provider, or the Attorney General may bring an action against an entity that violates any provision of this article to recover either or both of the following:
(2) The recipient, an electronic mail service provider, or the Attorney General, if the prevailing plaintiff, may also recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
§ 17529.9. The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
SUBCHAPTER 6. UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND
SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ELECTRONIC MAIL PREVENTION ACT
(A) Between two (2) or more computers, computer networks, or electronic terminals; or
(B) Within or between computer networks;
(5) "Electronic mail service provider" means a person who:
(A) Is an intermediary in the transmission of electronic mail from the sender to the recipient; or
(B) Provides to end users of electronic mail service the ability to send and receive electronic mail;
(6) "Harmful to minors" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Arkansas Code § 5-68-501;
4-88-603. Unsolicited commercial or sexually explicit electronic mail — Requirements.
(a) Each person who sends or causes to be sent an unsolicited commercial electronic mail or an unsolicited sexually explicit electronic mail through the intermediary of an electronic mail service provider or to an electronic mail address held by a resident of the state shall:
(B) Correct street address; and
(b) A commercial electronic mail is not unsolicited if the sender has a preexisting business or personal relationship with the recipient. The sender of a commercial electronic mail of this nature must still include in the electronic mail message the required disclosures set forth in subdivisions (a)(3) and (a)(4) of this subsection and shall remove the recipient from future mailings if requested.
(c) A person who sends or causes to be sent an unsolicited commercial electronic mail or an unsolicited sexually explicit electronic mail through the intermediary of an electronic mail service provider located in the state or to an electronic mail address held by a resident of the state may not:
(1) Use a third party's Internet domain name in identifying the point of origin or in stating the transmission path of the electronic mail without the third party's consent;
(3) Fail to include in the electronic mail the information necessary to identify the point of origin of the electronic mail.
(d) If the recipient of an unsolicited commercial electronic mail or an unsolicited sexually explicit electronic mail notifies the sender that the recipient does not want to receive future commercial electronic mail or future sexually explicit electronic mail from the sender, the sender may not send that recipient a commercial electronic mail or a sexually explicit electronic mail either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate. If a recipient has requested to be removed from future mailings, the sender may re-contact the recipient if a pre-existing business relationship has been reestablished or if the recipient has expressly requested to receive future mailings from the sender.
(a) An interactive computer service or electronic mail service provider may block the receipt or transmission through its service of any bulk electronic mail that it reasonably believes is, or will be, sent in violation of this article.
(b) An interactive computer service or electronic mail service provider does not violate this section and the injured party shall not have a cause of action against an interactive computer service or mail service provider due to the fact that the interactive computer service or electronic mail service provider:
(a) For any violation of a provision of this subchapter, an action may be brought by:
(1) A person who received the unsolicited commercial electronic mail or unsolicited sexually explicit electronic mail which violates this subchapter; or
(b) In each action under subsection (a)(1), a recipient or electronic mail service provider may:
(1) Elect, in lieu of actual damages, to recover the lesser of:
(2) Each prevailing recipient or electronic mail service provider shall be awarded costs and reasonable attorneys fees.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this section if a person can demonstrate that the sender at the time of the alleged violation had:
(a) (1) Any transmission of unsolicited commercial or sexually explicit electronic mail in violation of this subchapter shall constitute an unfair and deceptive act or practice under § 4-88-107.
(2) All remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the Attorney General under the Arkansas Code § 4-88-101 through § 4-88-113 or this subchapter shall be available to the Attorney General for the enforcement of this subchapter.
(b) The prosecuting attorneys of the various districts and counties of this state shall also have full authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter.
(c) Nothing in the provisions of this subchapter shall prohibit the bringing of a civil action against a violator of this chapter by an individual harmed by a deceptive trade practice.
Added by 2003 S.B. 1280 (approved May 16, 2003)
44-1372. Definitions
6. "Unsolicited commercial electronic mail" means a commercial electronic mail message sent, without the consent of the recipient, by a person with whom the recipient does not have an established business relationship.
44-1372.01. Regulations; powers of attorney general; cumulative remedies
(a) remove themselves from the sender's electronic mail address lists so the recipients are not included in future electronic mailings from the sender. The sender shall have three business days to remove the recipient's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail address lists so the recipients are not included in future electronic mailings from the sender.
(b) restrict the future sale or transfer of the recipient's electronic mail address information to another person or organization for the purpose of sending commercial electronic mail.
3. To an interactive computer service with equipment or its principal place of business in this state.
44-1372.02. Damages
D. If an injury results from the intentional transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail, an injured electronic mail service provider may recover attorney fees and costs and may choose, instead of receiving actual damages, to recover ten dollars for each unsolicited commercial electronic mail message transmitted in violation of this article or twenty-five thousand dollars, whichever is greater.
44-1372.03. Court proceedings; secrecy
At the request of any party to an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may conduct all legal proceedings in a manner to protect the secrecy and security of the computer, computer network, computer data, computer program and computer software involved in order to prevent possible recurrence of the same or similar act by another person and to protect any trade secrets of any party.
44-1372.04. Applicability
C. An electronic mail service provider shall not be liable for any action it voluntarily takes in good faith to block the receipt or transmission through its service of any electronic mail advertisements that it believes is or will be sent in violation of this article.
44-1372.05 Violation; classification